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Murderous Pursuits cover art

Murderous Pursuits

Blazing Griffin · 2018-04-26

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.

0
playing now
64%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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 up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (79 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 70k–169k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,809 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at GamersGate (2022-01-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520182026Week of 2018-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$100.00$1.492018-04-202026-08-032018-04-20 — best price $100.002018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-04-25 — best price $5.002019-11-19 — best price $9.992020-04-08 — best price $9.992020-06-07 — best price $8.282020-07-10 — best price $9.992020-07-31 — best price $9.992020-08-23 — best price $8.892020-09-22 — best price $8.892020-10-18 — best price $9.992020-11-09 — best price $9.992020-12-06 — best price $9.992020-12-27 — best price $7.492021-01-25 — best price $8.382021-02-14 — best price $9.992021-03-08 — best price $8.382021-03-31 — best price $9.992021-04-23 — best price $8.382021-05-14 — best price $8.382021-06-05 — best price $8.382021-09-09 — best price $2.242021-11-25 — best price $7.492022-02-04 — best price $8.382022-06-20 — best price $2.242022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-03-20 — best price $2.542023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-04-01 — best price $2.552024-10-02 — best price $9.992025-04-16 — best price $2.252025-09-30 — best price $1.882026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
18%
earned "Blind-Eyed Mutton Shunter"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam Leaderboards2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2616%145

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionMysteryStealthAssassinStrategySimulationMultiplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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