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Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime cover art

Marlon’s Mystery: The darkside of crime

Made in Mavis · 2023-05-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Marlon's Mystery will test your skills as an investigator. Join Abby Marlon to solve the riddles in this captivating mystery and hidden object game. Embark on an enigmatic adventure and discover the darkest secrets of the Taylor family.

88%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 66% of 13,744 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220232026Week of 2023-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DCrimeCasualAssassinAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnStory RichText-BasedExploration

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