The Game Census
Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child cover art

Scarlett Mysteries: Cursed Child

World-Loom · Artifex Mundi · 2017-06-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 13, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 12, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 08, 2017 (Mac), Jun 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2019 (Xbox One), Jun 08, 2017 (Linux)

Find clues to your father's whereabouts in a Victorian mansion!

89%
positive of 295 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 24,248 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.4k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-70%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.492017-06-092026-10-032017-06-09 — best price $5.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992017-11-20 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-08-20 — best price $9.992018-11-09 — best price $9.992018-12-17 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $3.992019-08-19 — best price $3.992019-11-04 — best price $3.992019-12-19 — best price $2.992020-03-09 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-05-16 — best price $2.492022-10-10 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-14 — best price $3.742024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-11-27 — best price $4.492025-02-27 — best price $3.742025-05-02 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
83%
earned "Beginner Prospector"
73.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,26887%13
Xbox One (Xbox)1,05757%12
Steam (Steam)87862%13
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieCasualHorrorPuzzleFantasyMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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