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Last Word

Twelve Tiles · 2015-05-08

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 09, 2015 (Linux), May 09, 2015 (Mac)

In a society where having the last word means having power over others, a small party is disrupted by a gentleman who politely issues orders via one-way intercom.

Last Word is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 415 reviews).

82%
positive of 417 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Photographer Whitty Gawship attends a prestigious get-together at the residence of the impressive Professor Chet Chatters. Members of the party are veteran conversationalists, each trying to gain subtle power over one-another. The mood shifts when Whitty and the others discover that the professor can get the "Last Word" in every conversation via his miraculous invention. Dastardly! But what are the professor's motives? And why invite a commoner?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 417 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2020-04-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 18 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-05-082026-07-112015-05-08 — best price $7.992015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-10-20 — best price $1.992017-11-07 — best price $1.992018-04-23 — best price $1.992018-10-05 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992020-01-22 — best price $1.992020-05-21 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-12-09 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-04-13 — best price $1.992022-05-31 — best price $9.992022-09-16 — best price $1.992022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $1.992023-04-28 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-06 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-08-20 — best price $9.992025-10-13 — best price $2.542025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-02-24 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
14.4%
earned "Pragmatism"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48331%9

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieRetroCasualMysteryRPGMakerAdventureDetectiveStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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