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Letters of Bernard Thorne

Korean Linguistics Lab · 2025-03-29

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 29, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

『Letters of Bernard Thorne』 is a story-driven psychological horror game about trauma. Take a seat in Bernard's motorized wheelchair. Roam around the old man's house. Discover his scarred past. Flee from his sins. Climb up the attic.

98%
positive of 203 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11,621
twitch viewers (latest)
11621.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 30,324 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 203 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2025-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520252026Week of 2025-03-30: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-06: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-13: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$8.992025-03-302026-10-082025-03-30 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $8.992026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
68.5%
earned "Life of Bernard Thorne"
68.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: Korean, English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35100%1

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

Player tags

3DDarkHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureNarrativeSimulationStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.