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Methods: The Detective Competition

LockedOn Games · Erabit · 2020-06-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 01, 2020 (Mac), Jun 01, 2020 (Linux)

One hundred detectives compete against each other in a crime-solving competition.

Methods: The Detective Competition is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 760 reviews).

7
playing now
91%
positive of 760 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 760 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
535320202026Week of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992020-06-012026-08-102020-06-01 — best price $16.992020-09-14 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-04-25 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $13.992022-07-11 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $11.992023-02-27 — best price $19.992023-07-06 — best price $13.992023-08-14 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-04-22 — best price $7.992024-06-10 — best price $19.992024-08-28 — best price $7.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-02-01 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-05-01 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-09-06 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-06 — best price $5.992026-04-20 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.5%
earned "Action Called, But I'm On Hold"
30.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-06-18, latest 2022-04-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10634%108

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeDramaFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleCartoonyStylized

Census log

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

Recent updates

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