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Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

MumboJumbo · Accelerate Games · 2012-03-28

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The famed writer Nathaniel Hawthorne has died during a freak snow storm, and his ghost has come to you, asking for help. There’s more to this case than first appears, and only you can help free his spirit. Why was it snowing in May?

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 156 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 156 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 400% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 29,241 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 156 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2016-01-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.48 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220122026Week of 2012-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 20:00 — 0 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 — 1 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Jul 2012Jun 2023Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2012 — avg 1 · peak 18Jan 2013 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 19Jan 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992015-01-012026-05-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-07-10 — best price $9.952015-12-02 — best price $9.952016-01-19 — best price $9.992016-03-08 — best price $9.992016-04-28 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-19 — best price $9.992017-12-22 — best price $3.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $3.992021-02-13 — best price $7.342021-02-19 — best price $7.342021-04-02 — best price $7.342021-06-18 — best price $7.342021-10-05 — best price $7.342021-12-03 — best price $7.342022-05-26 — best price $7.342022-12-09 — best price $7.342024-08-02 — best price $7.342026-05-28 — best price $7.412026-05-30 — best price $7.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
9.1%
earned "Think Skull"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualPuzzleAdventureHidden Object

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.