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The Academy: The First Riddle

Pine Studio · Snapbreak · 2020-06-19

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 19, 2020 (Mac), Jun 19, 2020 (Android), Jun 19, 2020 (iOS)

The Academy is a puzzle-packed adventure set in a school filled with mystery. Leave your mark on Arbor's Academy and find out why it only welcomes the best and the brightest.

66%
positive of 94 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Hello, Students, and Welcome to the Academy! As the school’s headmistress, it’s my honor to show you some of the features that await you as soon as you enroll. The Academy has always attracted the most curious of minds, so it comes as no surprise that you’re here now. Feel free to come in and take a look around!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2025-07-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820202026Week of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.592020-06-192026-07-272020-06-19 — best price $17.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $1.792022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-12-12 — best price $4.192023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $4.012023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-06-30 — best price $1.972023-07-24 — best price $5.992023-10-06 — best price $7.992023-12-11 — best price $5.592024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-02-28 — best price $4.792024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-05-27 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-09-02 — best price $4.792024-10-30 — best price $7.992024-12-09 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $2.392025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-05-26 — best price $2.392025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-25 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-12-01 — best price $1.592026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-23 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-08 — best price $5.592026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

CasualPuzzleMysteryRelaxingAdventureBeautifulStory RichConversationSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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