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Scar of the Doll cover art

Scar of the Doll

Child-Dream · KOMODO · 2017-04-20

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scar of the Doll is a beloved '90s visual novel remastered for Steam. Asumi goes to Tokyo to search for her only sister whom she has mysteriously not heard from for months. With an intelligent and unpredictable story, uncover a frightening truth in this thrilling suspense mystery.

89%
positive of 70 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 16,608 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-11-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992017-04-212026-09-142017-04-21 — best price $7.492017-10-26 — best price $3.992017-11-22 — best price $3.992018-01-05 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $1.592019-06-26 — best price $1.592019-12-12 — best price $1.592020-01-23 — best price $1.592020-04-30 — best price $1.592020-08-20 — best price $1.592020-11-30 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-12-09 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-06-24 — best price $0.992023-02-20 — best price $0.992023-04-28 — best price $0.992023-08-07 — best price $0.992023-11-05 — best price $0.992023-12-18 — best price $0.992024-04-25 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.992025-03-03 — best price $0.992025-04-24 — best price $0.992025-08-06 — best price $0.992025-12-04 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

DarkIndieCasualClassicMysteryScienceAdventureStory RichVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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