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Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 90's cover art

Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 90's

LunaBeat · 2022-01-18

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Jan 18, 2022 (Oculus Rift), Jan 18, 2022 (SteamVR)

90's teen Delia has disappeared in an abandoned arcade and it’s up to you to find her in this thrilling VR escape room adventure! Solve challenging puzzles and discover mysterious clues, all while playing awesome retro 90's arcade games!

82%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$11.99
steam price (US)

The highly-anticipated sequel to “Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's”! You're a detective who is a little too into the supernatural, and you've been tasked with tracking down a girl who went missing back in 1998 at the mall... possibly the arcade where her big sister worked. Are you ready to investigate the old haunted arcade in an abandoned dead mall to try and find the missing girl?? The old machines still work, somehow. Play your favorite arcade classics like skee ball, air hockey, the claw game, pinball and more while you're solving crimes! Explore the arcade, unlock hidden sec(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 15,020 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

3DVRRetro1990'sArcadePuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveSimulation

Census log

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

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