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MAKOTO WAKAIDO’s Case Files TRILOGY DELUXE

Hakababunko · room6 · 2023-10-18

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 18, 2023 (Mac), Oct 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A game based on a simple concept: a mystery puzzle you can complete in an hour. Can you solve the cases narrated in this beautiful pixel-art adventure?

80%
positive of 291 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

What truth hides behind a gruesome series of murders where the victim was beheaded? Detective Wakaidou has to find the culprit in this story inspired by Japan in the '80s and the insurgence of religious cults.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,300 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 291 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.79 at Steam (2023-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$7.792023-10-182026-10-082023-10-18 — best price $11.692023-11-21 — best price $9.092023-12-21 — best price $7.792024-03-14 — best price $7.792024-05-09 — best price $7.792024-06-27 — best price $7.792024-07-17 — best price $7.792024-10-14 — best price $7.792024-11-27 — best price $7.792024-12-19 — best price $7.792025-03-13 — best price $7.792025-04-22 — best price $7.792025-06-05 — best price $7.792025-06-27 — best price $7.792025-08-08 — best price $7.792025-09-29 — best price $7.792025-10-18 — best price $7.792025-12-18 — best price $7.792026-01-12 — best price $7.792026-03-19 — best price $7.792026-04-25 — best price $7.792026-06-05 — best price $7.792026-06-25 — best price $7.792026-10-01 — best price $7.792026-10-08 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
88.3%
earned "Head Off"
47.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

2DDramaCasualMysteryAdventureImmersiveControllerStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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