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Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) cover art

Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition)

Old World Studios™ · 2021-02-01

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening is an epic Egyptian adventure into the Giza Sphinx & Great Pyramid—the last of the seven ancient wonders. Explore secret chambers, discover hidden tombs, unearth sacred relics, & unravel an ancient Riddle, entombed for centuries by the ancient Egyptians!

Riddle of the Sphinx™ The Awakening (Enhanced Edition) is a $19.99 Adventure game released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (85% of 96 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 96 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at GOG (2021-10-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 56 of 68 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020212026Week of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31Feb 2021Jul 2025Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2025 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2025

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

Price history

$39.99$9.992021-02-012026-10-142021-02-01 — best price $39.992021-08-10 — best price $19.992021-11-03 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $19.992023-09-11 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-04-12 — best price $19.992024-06-08 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-05-23 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $9.992026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-09-29 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
45.1%
earned "Chest-actular!"
22.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableStatsFamily Sharing4 DLC

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-01-29, latest 2021-06-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

PuzzleMysteryAdventureEducationNonlinearRealisticConspiracyHistoricalExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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