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New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls Collector's Edition cover art

New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls Collector's Edition

FIVE-BN GAMES · 2016-08-24

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 31, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2016 (Mac)

As a journalist, Laura James is again brought in to investigate a strange murder. What starts as a routine investigation quickly takes a dark turn. New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls is an adventurous hidden object game with puzzles and mini-games.

New York Mysteries: The Lantern of Souls Collector's Edition is an Adventure and Casual game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 252 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 252 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.3k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 252 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.44 at Steam (2018-06-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520162026Week of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Aug 2016Jan 2025Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 22May 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 19Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$2.442016-08-242025-04-142016-08-24 — best price $6.992016-11-10 — best price $5.592016-12-20 — best price $3.492017-02-02 — best price $4.892017-04-27 — best price $4.192017-07-20 — best price $3.842017-10-12 — best price $3.492017-12-20 — best price $3.492018-01-04 — best price $3.142018-03-29 — best price $2.792018-06-21 — best price $2.442018-09-13 — best price $2.442018-11-21 — best price $3.492018-12-06 — best price $2.442019-02-28 — best price $2.442019-05-24 — best price $2.442019-08-15 — best price $2.442019-11-07 — best price $2.442020-01-31 — best price $2.442020-04-23 — best price $2.442020-07-16 — best price $2.442020-10-22 — best price $2.442021-01-14 — best price $2.442023-04-07 — best price $5.592023-04-25 — best price $5.592023-07-03 — best price $3.492023-09-15 — best price $5.592023-10-06 — best price $5.242023-10-22 — best price $5.242023-11-22 — best price $2.442023-12-22 — best price $2.442024-12-21 — best price $3.492025-04-11 — best price $5.242025-04-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Blitz"
40.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, Russian, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Ukrainian, Polish

Player tags

CasualAdventureHidden ObjectFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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