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Stillwater

Studio Clump · 2022-09-06

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 06, 2021 (Linux), Oct 06, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2021 (Mac), Oct 06, 2021 (Android)

A short visual novel where a private investigator gets reeled into a murky mystery, entangled in lies, secrets, and a family curse.

95%
positive of 243 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

"I'll never forgive you." Private Investigator Hugo Laurent was ready to busy himself with more paperwork until a young disturbed woman entered his office to request an investigation regarding her grandfather's safety. What danger awaits underneath the surface of this mystery? "Seeing strange things come at a price..." A woman arrives with a mysterious letter in hand addressed to her grandfather. Etched in crimson is a foreboding message, a warning—a promise made from a time forgotten. Private Investigator Hugo Laurent and his assistants must solve this bizarre case before an old family's cur(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 17,979 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

7
achievements tracked
71.6%
earned "Where It All Begins"
35.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17490%7

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

Census log

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