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Scene Investigators

EQ Studios · 2023-10-24

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Oct 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the “true crime” genre. Only by unraveling the logic and grasping at the motivations behind each case can the crimes be completely solved. Perfect as a social-style mystery fiction.

Scene Investigators is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1,033 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Scene Investigators is a deductive reasoning game for fans of detective films, true crime genre, escape room puzzles and especially for those who love the challenge of solving cases! Set in the near future, you play as a trainee in pursuit of becoming a licensed investigator. You are given a number of challenging case files. Your goal is to not only pass, but ace them! Experience what it feels like to be a real-life detective by analyzing crime scenes, making assumptions, forming conclusions, and finding out if your deductions are correct.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,033 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at GOG (2025-05-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 48 of 81 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16416420232026Week of 2023-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1702026-09-15 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3135Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 313 · peak 634Nov 2023 — avg 66 · peak 302Dec 2023 — avg 29 · peak 74Jan 2024 — avg 22 · peak 58Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 146Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 52Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 43Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 48Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 43Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 49Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 83Oct 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 35Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 34Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 27 · peak 124Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 52Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 89Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492023-10-242026-10-152023-10-24 — best price $22.492024-02-11 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $18.742024-06-27 — best price $18.742024-10-28 — best price $18.742024-12-20 — best price $17.492025-02-17 — best price $17.492025-03-13 — best price $17.492025-04-23 — best price $17.492025-05-20 — best price $14.992025-06-16 — best price $24.992025-07-18 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-11-17 — best price $14.992026-01-18 — best price $24.992026-03-11 — best price $14.992026-04-22 — best price $24.992026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $24.992026-09-17 — best price $24.992026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-11 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
53.7%
earned "Preliminary Trial"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Italian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-12-23, latest 2024-01-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)58631%5

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

Player tags

3DCrimeLogicModernPuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveRealisticAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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