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Homicipher: Demo

八名木Games · Gamera Games · 2023-05-31

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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

Homicipher is a female-targeted 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.

98%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (298 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 30,102 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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29429420232026Week of 2023-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)270%0

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

Census log

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