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Homicipher

八名木Games · Gamirror Games · 2024-11-01

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 01, 2024 (Mac), Nov 01, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.

39
playing now
97%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$13.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

In the Other World, all these mysterious men use an unusual set of words. Players must speculate the true meaning of those words through their expressions, gestures, the objects they are pointing at, and many more to successfully understand what they are talking about. You may encounter different men anytime during your stay in this dark space. And not all of them are friendly. When danger strikes, you must make the correct decision to continue your journey searching for an escape.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 226 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,127 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 166k–373k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,287 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.59 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 0 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20242026Week of 2024-11-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 524 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 643 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 686 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 739 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 258 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

94252026-08-06 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 92 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 94 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 77 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 52 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 44 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 73 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 46 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 50 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 49 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.99$12.592024-11-012026-08-132024-11-01 — best price $14.392024-11-08 — best price $15.992024-11-09 — best price $13.992024-12-19 — best price $12.592025-01-02 — best price $13.992025-01-26 — best price $12.592025-02-09 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $12.592025-03-20 — best price $13.992025-04-18 — best price $12.592025-04-25 — best price $13.992025-06-26 — best price $12.592025-07-10 — best price $13.992025-09-30 — best price $12.592025-10-06 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $12.592026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-02-09 — best price $12.592026-02-23 — best price $13.992026-03-19 — best price $12.592026-03-26 — best price $13.992026-04-18 — best price $12.592026-05-02 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $12.592026-07-09 — best price $13.992026-07-30 — best price $12.592026-08-13 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

DarkOtomeHorrorWord GameText-BasedAtmosphericConversationFirst-PersonSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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