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Wooden Monkeys · 2019-04-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 18, 2019 (Mac), Apr 18, 2019 (Linux), Aug 02, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 06, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 02, 2023 (Xbox One)

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

63%
positive of 152 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (6 ratings)
5.1h
time to beat (IGDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 20,415 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 152 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2020-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620192026Week of 2019-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.392019-04-192026-09-202019-04-19 — best price $10.192019-06-26 — best price $7.192019-10-10 — best price $8.392019-10-28 — best price $4.792019-11-26 — best price $4.792019-12-19 — best price $4.792020-01-23 — best price $3.592020-04-06 — best price $5.272020-06-25 — best price $3.592020-09-14 — best price $2.392020-09-28 — best price $3.592021-02-11 — best price $3.592021-03-08 — best price $3.592021-09-27 — best price $3.592021-10-28 — best price $3.592021-11-24 — best price $3.592021-12-22 — best price $3.592022-02-28 — best price $7.192022-04-04 — best price $3.592022-05-09 — best price $3.592022-06-13 — best price $3.592025-10-30 — best price $6.592025-12-08 — best price $6.592025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-03-02 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-13 — best price $5.992026-09-20 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Survived day 1"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

2DCasualViolentStrategyAdventureDetectiveDifficultPoliticalSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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