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Mask of the Rose cover art

Mask of the Rose

Failbetter Games · 2023-06-08

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 08, 2023 (Mac), Jun 08, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), TBD (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (Xbox One)

A marvellous romance with a hint of murder, where every playthrough is different! Seek love, friendship, or more... intimate encounters. Help a murdered man find justice. And watch out for the bats.

1
playing now
76%
positive of 400 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Mask of the Rose is a 2023 visual novel developed by Failbetter Games and is set in the same universe as Fallen London, Sunless Sea, and Sunless Skies. It has elements of detective games and dating sims. Mask of the Rose was released in June 2023 for Linux, macOS, Switch, and Windows.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 50% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.0k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 400 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.79 at Steam (2026-08-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 24 of 47 observed days · $13.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-11 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.792023-06-082026-08-302023-06-08 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-01-09 — best price $13.992024-02-04 — best price $19.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-26 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $11.992024-10-08 — best price $11.992024-11-22 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-02-14 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $7.992025-06-03 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-08 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $7.992025-12-08 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-04-21 — best price $19.992026-05-02 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $7.992026-08-17 — best price $7.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6592026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-03 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 21 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-27 — 40 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 23 pageviews2026-07-09 — 18 pageviews2026-07-12 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 23 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-21 — 20 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 37 pageviews2026-07-30 — 30 pageviews2026-08-02 — 23 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 44 pageviews2026-08-17 — 40 pageviews2026-08-20 — 37 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-26 — 34 pageviews2026-08-28 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGLGBTQ+RomanceDetectiveLore-RichDating SimHand-drawnStory RichConversationLovecraftian

Census log

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

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