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Mysteries of Perception

50 Rats Games · 2025-01-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 28, 2025 (Mac), Jan 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mysteries of Perception is a detective game where you will see the same scene through the eyes of different characters. Uncover their secrets by analyzing all the clues. Switch perspectives and learn everything about the artifacts of the Distant and the deaths in their wake. Glory to the Stars!

Mysteries of Perception is an $8.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2025, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with a Positive review sentiment (86% of 29 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 29 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

The continent has been under the yoke of an authoritarian party for too long. The Astralist Party promotes individuals with high animic potential, considering them superior to others. Dirty tricks and manipulations are multiplying within the party as a revolutionary cell, active for over twenty years, begins to challenge the authorities hold on the artifacts. These relics, are ornate bones from past civilizations that, according to myths, hold powerful powers. Dive into this dystopian universe with desaturated colors and solve the mysteries that govern the world. Perhaps you will uncover the (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Top 68% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-01-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720252026Week of 2025-01-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$3.592025-01-282026-01-192025-01-28 — best price $8.992025-10-18 — best price $4.492025-11-01 — best price $8.992026-01-12 — best price $3.592026-01-19 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
65.6%
earned "An explosive opening"
41.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-01-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkCrimePuzzleMysteryThrillerDetectiveNarrationConspiracyDystopian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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