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Stellar Mess: The Princess Conundrum (Chapter 1)

Tibba Games · 2023-02-26

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Stellar Mess is a 2D point&click adventure game, set somewhere in Argentinean Patagonia. The game is inspired by early classic EGA games of the genre.

72%
positive of 287 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 14,434 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 287 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 10 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720232026Week of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$0.002023-02-272026-09-042023-02-27 — best price $8.092023-03-05 — best price $8.992023-04-24 — best price $3.592023-05-01 — best price $8.992023-06-29 — best price $1.792023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-07 — best price $2.992023-08-14 — best price $4.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992023-10-09 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-02 — best price $1.992024-10-12 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-13 — best price $0.002025-02-24 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $0.592025-10-06 — best price $0.592025-10-13 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-03-27 — best price $0.592026-04-10 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-29 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
42.6%
earned "Message send"
28.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28651%13

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

Player tags

2D1980sIndieRetroSpace1990'sComedySci-fiClickerAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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