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The 39 Steps

The Story Mechanics · The Secret Experiment · 2013-04-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 25, 2013 (iOS), Mar 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2013 (Linux), Apr 25, 2013 (Mac)

Prepare to experience the original man-on-the-run thriller in a completely new way! There are secrets to be discovered, locations to be explored and - above all - an incredible tale to be told in this ground-breaking interactive novel.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 64k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,611 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2019-10-07) · bundled 19×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.372015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $2.242015-03-06 — best price $11.012015-04-30 — best price $11.102015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-08-28 — best price $14.992015-11-09 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-03-31 — best price $14.992016-06-20 — best price $1.492016-09-05 — best price $2.992016-11-04 — best price $14.992016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $2.992017-03-26 — best price $14.992017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-07-17 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $1.492017-12-18 — best price $1.492018-01-22 — best price $14.992018-03-26 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $1.492018-08-30 — best price $1.492018-10-29 — best price $1.502018-12-01 — best price $14.992019-01-28 — best price $1.502019-04-22 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-25 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $0.372020-11-02 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
14.1%
earned "The Wrong Ditch"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,41459%20

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

Player tags

IndieCasualHorrorThrillerAdventureNarrationStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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