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Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows

Specialbit Studio · 2019-01-28

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2019 (Mac), Jan 19, 2019 (iOS), Jan 19, 2019 (Android)

Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game. This is an excellent family story with a paranormal twist! Your family’s past is more interesting than any story. And it's not over yet...

80%
positive of 168 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

Stormhill Mystery: Family Shadows is a fantastic casual puzzle adventure game. This is an excellent family story with a paranormal twist! "Your family’s past is more interesting than any story. And it's not over yet..." One of my father’s stories was my favorite: “Once upon a time there lived a merchant with his wife. The family was happy and had never known grief. However, their maid, Julianne, was jealous of the little family's happiness and secretly dreamed of taking the place of a beloved wife. She learned of unholy powers hidden deep within the manor that could be summoned by a ritual …(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 29,489 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 168 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.18 at Microsoft Store (2021-01-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.49 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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

Price history

$3.49$3.492026-09-112026-10-092026-09-11 — best price $3.492026-09-18 — best price $3.492026-09-25 — best price $3.492026-10-02 — best price $3.492026-10-09 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Turkish, French

Player tags

2DDramaIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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