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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...

The Book of Desires is a 2015 Adventure, Casual game priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 85 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 85 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 69 of 110 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152026Week of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 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

Player tags

CasualAdventureHidden Object

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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