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Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale

Active Fungus Studios · 2023-02-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a third-person RPG detective story, set in Bavaria in 1866, the medical student Valentin Schmidt travels to Wolpertshofen, when a sudden death causes turmoil in the village. Use your skills, find clues and question the villagers to stop the murders.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 411 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
9h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 13h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Right before his eyes, the picturesque, pastoral village turns into a world full of dark secrets, inexplicable events, social tensions and a hostile hush of a village that seems to hate nothing more than a stranger poking around in other peoples’ business.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 44% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.2k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 411 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.79-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$10.79-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at GOG (2024-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 37 of 62 observed days · $6.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$4.492021-09-152026-08-302021-09-15 — best price $17.992022-06-23 — best price $16.192023-01-05 — best price $17.992023-11-05 — best price $9.892024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-03-05 — best price $17.992024-04-01 — best price $17.992024-05-10 — best price $9.002024-06-13 — best price $17.992024-07-12 — best price $17.992024-08-10 — best price $17.992024-09-09 — best price $6.292024-09-30 — best price $6.302024-10-26 — best price $17.992024-11-26 — best price $4.492024-12-13 — best price $4.502025-01-11 — best price $17.992025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-03-10 — best price $17.992025-04-03 — best price $17.992025-05-09 — best price $5.402025-06-18 — best price $4.492025-07-24 — best price $4.492025-08-11 — best price $17.992025-09-11 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-10-28 — best price $5.392025-11-28 — best price $5.392025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-01-19 — best price $17.992026-02-28 — best price $5.392026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-24 — best price $8.992026-05-31 — best price $10.792026-06-25 — best price $7.192026-08-12 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $10.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RPGCrimeActionMysteryAdventureDetectiveAction RPGHistoricalStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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