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Lord Winklebottom Investigates

Cave Monsters · 2022-07-28

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 28, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 28, 2022 (Mac), Jul 28, 2022 (Linux)

It’s the 1920s and the world’s foremost detective is about to embark on his most challenging case yet. Thankfully, in this world that’s not quite like our own, there’s nobody better to crack the case than the great detective and gentleman giraffe, Lord Winklebottom.

92%
positive of 242 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (21 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 28,390 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 242 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.99
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.64 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 7 of 19 observed days · $12.35 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720222026Week of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$0.002020-03-202026-10-112020-03-20 — best price $0.002022-08-04 — best price $18.992022-11-03 — best price $15.192022-11-23 — best price $15.192022-12-22 — best price $15.192023-01-20 — best price $15.192023-02-20 — best price $15.192023-03-16 — best price $14.242023-05-05 — best price $14.242023-06-29 — best price $13.292023-08-18 — best price $13.292023-09-01 — best price $18.992023-11-09 — best price $18.992023-11-21 — best price $12.342023-12-11 — best price $12.342023-12-21 — best price $12.342024-03-01 — best price $11.392024-03-14 — best price $11.392024-06-27 — best price $11.392024-11-04 — best price $9.492024-11-27 — best price $9.492024-12-20 — best price $7.592025-02-28 — best price $7.592025-03-13 — best price $7.592025-06-26 — best price $7.592025-09-29 — best price $7.592025-11-19 — best price $9.492025-12-18 — best price $7.592026-01-12 — best price $8.542026-03-06 — best price $8.542026-03-19 — best price $7.592026-06-25 — best price $7.592026-09-13 — best price $18.992026-09-27 — best price $18.992026-10-04 — best price $18.992026-10-11 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Tea First"
61.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-07-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15226%15
Xbox One (Xbox)12468%15
PS4 (PlayStation)8277%16
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

2DCrimeIndiePuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureDetectiveNarrativeHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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