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Midnight Mysteries

MumboJumbo · Accelerate Games · 2009-09-28

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 28, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 21, 2010 (Nintendo DS)

The master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, leads you on a shadowy journey to finally solve the mystery of his death. As a famed mystery writer, you’re looking for your next cold case to crack when an unexpected visitor hands you the perfect case to get your career moving again.

Midnight Mysteries is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed (69% of 174 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
69%
positive of 174 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 29,024 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 174 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2016-01-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420102026Week of 2010-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.392016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-03-29 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-07-10 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-08-22 — best price $9.992020-10-28 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $7.342021-02-10 — best price $7.342021-03-09 — best price $7.342021-05-02 — best price $7.342021-05-17 — best price $7.342021-06-30 — best price $9.992021-07-30 — best price $8.992021-10-02 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-02 — best price $9.992022-02-06 — best price $8.992022-03-24 — best price $8.992022-04-26 — best price $8.992022-06-11 — best price $8.992022-08-18 — best price $8.992023-01-16 — best price $8.992023-05-28 — best price $8.992024-02-22 — best price $8.992024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-12-12 — best price $8.992025-05-24 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $3.292026-05-28 — best price $7.412026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualPuzzleAdventureHidden ObjectPoint & Click

Census log

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

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