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Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale

Active Fungus Studios · 2023-02-02

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Inspector Schmidt - A Bavarian Tale is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2023 for $17.99 with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 411 reviews).

2
playing now
78%
positive of 414 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$17.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 414 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 75 of 99 observed days · $6.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220212026Week of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$4.492021-09-152026-10-152021-09-15 — best price $17.992022-07-07 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $17.992023-11-28 — best price $17.992024-02-26 — best price $10.792024-04-01 — best price $17.992024-05-13 — best price $17.992024-06-20 — best price $4.492024-08-05 — best price $17.992024-08-26 — best price $7.192024-09-30 — best price $6.302024-10-28 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $17.992025-01-31 — best price $4.502025-03-10 — best price $17.992025-04-10 — best price $5.392025-05-21 — best price $5.392025-07-10 — best price $17.992025-08-09 — best price $17.992025-09-11 — best price $17.992025-10-07 — best price $4.492025-11-05 — best price $17.992025-12-08 — best price $17.992026-01-12 — best price $5.392026-02-28 — best price $5.392026-03-27 — best price $5.392026-05-01 — best price $5.392026-06-15 — best price $17.992026-08-03 — best price $7.192026-08-30 — best price $10.792026-09-05 — best price $10.792026-09-11 — best price $10.792026-09-17 — best price $10.792026-09-23 — best price $17.992026-09-29 — best price $10.792026-10-05 — best price $10.792026-10-11 — best price $10.792026-10-15 — best price $10.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "Man hilft, wo man kann!"
18%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2162%30

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

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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