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寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files cover art

寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files

Arrowiz · 2018-11-12

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Jul 30, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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寄居隅怪奇事件簿 Hermitage Strange Case Files is an Indie game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 2,005 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-04

3
playing now
81%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (495 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,005 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40640620182026Week of 2018-11-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2352Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 235 · peak 1,361Feb 2019 — avg 24 · peak 84May 2019 — avg 10 · peak 40Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2019 — avg 13 · peak 45Feb 2020 — avg 22 · peak 71May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 95Aug 2020 — avg 14 · peak 54Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 33May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 64Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 38Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$2.992018-11-132026-08-172018-11-13 — best price $13.292019-03-04 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-05-05 — best price $9.992020-08-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-05 — best price $9.992021-08-10 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-08-15 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-27 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-09 — best price $2.992025-08-04 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $2.992026-04-13 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
68.1%
earned "进入正题"
19.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-02-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39514%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

AnimeIndieHorrorMysteryLovecraftianVisual Novel

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.