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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.

5
playing now
91%
positive of 755 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 755 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 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1012026-08-12 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 5 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).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

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

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Census log

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

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