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Tales of the Mirror cover art

Tales of the Mirror

Cotton Game · 2021-08-11

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 12, 2021 (iOS), Aug 12, 2021 (Mac), Aug 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tales of the Mirror is a landscape-mode visual novel game created by Cotton Games. As a player, you solve a series of mysteries in the mid and late Ming Dynasty, in the south of Yangtze River.

Tales of the Mirror is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2021, priced at $7.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 265 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
55%
positive of 265 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (164 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.3k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 265 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-04-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
919120212026Week of 2021-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$3.592021-08-122026-07-092021-08-12 — best price $6.392021-12-22 — best price $5.352022-01-27 — best price $5.352022-04-29 — best price $5.352022-11-16 — best price $5.352023-01-18 — best price $5.352023-04-12 — best price $5.352023-07-05 — best price $5.352023-11-08 — best price $5.352023-12-21 — best price $5.352024-02-06 — best price $5.352024-03-14 — best price $5.352024-04-27 — best price $5.352024-06-27 — best price $5.352024-09-19 — best price $5.352024-11-27 — best price $5.192024-12-26 — best price $5.192025-01-26 — best price $5.112025-03-13 — best price $5.112025-04-23 — best price $5.112025-05-30 — best price $4.792025-06-27 — best price $4.792025-07-24 — best price $4.792025-09-19 — best price $4.392025-09-29 — best price $4.392025-10-26 — best price $4.392025-12-16 — best price $3.912026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-27 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-21 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.7%
earned "Big brain"
18%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2917%60

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

Player tags

RPGDramaIndiePuzzleMysteryStrategyStylizedAdventureDetectiveWord Game

Census log

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

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