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Mask of the Rose cover art

Mask of the Rose

Failbetter Games · 2023-06-08

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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.

Mask of the Rose is an RPG released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 402 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 402 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (112 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.0k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 402 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-60%

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 42 of 89 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620232026Week of 2023-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.792023-06-082026-10-142023-06-08 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-04 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $13.992024-05-09 — best price $13.992024-10-08 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-14 — best price $19.992025-04-10 — best price $9.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-21 — best price $19.992025-10-20 — best price $7.992025-12-08 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $7.992026-06-16 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $7.992026-08-25 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $7.992026-09-16 — best price $7.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-26 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8992026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 40 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 22 pageviews2026-07-18 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-30 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 25 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-19 — 31 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-27 — 65 pageviews2026-08-31 — 36 pageviews2026-09-04 — 35 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 22 pageviews2026-09-16 — 33 pageviews2026-09-20 — 18 pageviews2026-09-24 — 24 pageviews2026-09-28 — 28 pageviews2026-10-02 — 30 pageviews2026-10-06 — 51 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
85.2%
earned "Katabasis"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3172%17
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

RPGLGBTQ+RomanceDetectiveLore-RichDating SimHand-drawnStory RichConversationLovecraftian

Census log

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

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