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The 25th Ward: The Silver Case cover art

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case

GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. · NIS America, Inc. · 2018-03-13

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 16, 2018 (Legacy Mobile Device), Mar 16, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 06, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 13, 2018 (Linux), Mar 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 13, 2018 (Mac)

In the bayside area of Kanto, a murder with unknown motivations sets off a series of seemingly random events bringing together peculiar individuals, one of whom is detective Tokio Morishima. When their ambitions begin to collide, a truly shocking pattern emerges…

5
playing now
92%
positive of 536 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The 25th Ward: The Silver Case is an adventure game developed by Grasshopper Manufacture. Acting as a sequel to the company's debut title The Silver Case, it was first released for mobile devices in October 2005, remained in service through different providers until May 2011. The original version's gameplay focuses on solving puzzles using number inputs. The story, set seven years after The Silver Case, follows a new group of characters in the 25th Ward district solving a series of murders.

Health check

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  • · Top 39% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 536 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2022-10-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 33 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-12 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$3.992018-03-112026-08-302018-03-11 — best price $26.992018-05-22 — best price $29.992018-09-06 — best price $19.492018-12-01 — best price $29.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-04-26 — best price $29.992019-07-10 — best price $29.992019-09-23 — best price $29.992019-12-02 — best price $11.992020-01-16 — best price $8.992020-03-10 — best price $29.992020-05-01 — best price $29.992020-07-08 — best price $7.492020-09-24 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-03-16 — best price $9.992021-05-10 — best price $9.992021-10-11 — best price $4.992021-12-02 — best price $19.992022-02-07 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $4.992022-09-30 — best price $4.992022-12-13 — best price $4.002023-05-06 — best price $19.992023-08-18 — best price $3.992023-12-02 — best price $19.992024-03-22 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)63556%26
Steam (Steam)61118%25
PS4 (PlayStation)18167%26

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

Player tags

MysterySurrealViolentAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual NovelGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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