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Snares of Ruin

Astronomic Games · New Reality Games · 2018-01-17

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Jan 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks.

91%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

You are detective Hank Anderson , and you’ve just been transferred to another city to help solve a series of unusual crimes. Upon arrival, you are greeted with a gory scene and a revelation of several instances of a deadly disease that turns people into savage zombie-like husks.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 46,287 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days · $5.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$0.892018-01-192026-10-082018-01-19 — best price $4.192018-04-05 — best price $5.992018-07-06 — best price $2.092018-09-24 — best price $5.992018-12-20 — best price $1.852019-02-11 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $1.492019-12-03 — best price $5.992020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-04-06 — best price $5.992020-08-17 — best price $1.492020-11-02 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $1.192022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-05-23 — best price $1.192022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $0.892023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $0.892023-09-04 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $0.892024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $0.892024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $0.892025-02-03 — best price $5.992025-04-14 — best price $0.892025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $0.892026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $0.892026-10-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieRPGMaker

Census log

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

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