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Long Knives

Jade Hex · 2025-12-31

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Dec 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 31, 2025 (Mac)

Role-play as an ancient Chinese constable. Solving cases and bringing criminals to justice is only part of your duty. Every choice leads the story down a different path, and the world itself evolves in response to your actions.

Long Knives is an Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2025, free-to-play, with Overwhelmingly Positive (99% of 617 reviews).

99%
positive of 617 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 107 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020252026Week of 2025-12-31: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

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