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The Book of Desires

Meridian'93 · Fulqrum Publishing · 2015-12-18

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 18, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore an intriguing world in The Book of Desires, a thrilling Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game! Ashley had a horrible dream where she traveled to a strange world. When she awoke she realized it was just a nightmare, but her reality turns out to be just as scary...

0
playing now
49%
positive of 84 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Ashley had a horrible dream where she traveled to a strange world. When she awoke she realized it was just a nightmare, but her reality turns out to be just as scary...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 69% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 84 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.60-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at GreenManGaming (2019-12-13) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 85 of 130 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-07-102026-08-212015-07-10 — best price $6.992016-07-18 — best price $6.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-07-17 — best price $9.992018-02-08 — best price $1.752018-10-11 — best price $9.992019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-06-24 — best price $1.392019-11-02 — best price $6.992020-03-26 — best price $1.052020-08-07 — best price $1.392020-11-25 — best price $1.392021-02-20 — best price $6.992021-06-16 — best price $1.392021-09-21 — best price $6.992021-12-13 — best price $1.182022-04-13 — best price $1.392022-07-08 — best price $6.992022-11-10 — best price $0.882023-01-16 — best price $0.902023-04-25 — best price $5.592023-08-16 — best price $6.992023-11-17 — best price $0.912024-02-17 — best price $6.992024-06-10 — best price $6.992024-09-30 — best price $5.502025-01-01 — best price $6.992025-03-24 — best price $6.992025-06-24 — best price $0.822025-08-31 — best price $5.772025-11-13 — best price $0.892026-01-26 — best price $1.052026-04-16 — best price $6.992026-07-20 — best price $6.992026-08-21 — best price $5.60
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Russian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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