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Secret Files 3 cover art

Secret Files 3

Animation Arts · Ravenscourt · 2012-09-13

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 13, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2020 (iOS), Apr 17, 2020 (Android)

The bestselling Secret Files franchise celebrates its return! The dream couple Max and Nina have announced their forthcoming wedding.

Secret Files 3 is an Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 206 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 206 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Secret Files 3 is a graphic adventure video game developed by Animation Arts and published by Deep Silver for Windows iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis. In the game, Nina Kalenkov rekindles her romance with Max Gruber and plans to marry him, but prior to their wedding, Max is arrested in Berlin and accused of terrorism. The mystery of Tunguska comes full circle as Nina embarks on one final continent-spanning journey to save Max and the world.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 206 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at GOG (2023-06-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 84 of 113 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-02-12 — best price $24.392015-04-06 — best price $19.992015-05-12 — best price $16.932015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992016-02-29 — best price $9.992016-06-06 — best price $9.992016-12-20 — best price $2.492017-06-12 — best price $5.002017-11-16 — best price $2.492018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-12-18 — best price $8.402019-07-08 — best price $19.992020-01-11 — best price $9.992020-03-24 — best price $9.992020-07-01 — best price $8.392020-09-09 — best price $9.992020-10-22 — best price $9.992020-12-13 — best price $8.382021-02-10 — best price $2.492021-04-08 — best price $9.992021-05-30 — best price $9.992021-10-22 — best price $1.992022-03-11 — best price $1.992022-10-03 — best price $9.992023-03-02 — best price $1.992023-10-25 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-08-26 — best price $0.992025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $9.992026-05-30 — best price $8.552026-08-29 — best price $0.992026-09-23 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4122026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 9 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 5 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

PuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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