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The Butterfly Sign

Quantum Phoenix Studio · 2016-12-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2016 (Mac)

The Butterfly Sign is a detective story putting players into the role of the survivor of a disastrous incident. The protagonist takes an experimental drug which immerses him in the depths of his mind. In his memories, he will discover the ones responsible for the disaster, little by little, step by step…

0
playing now
64%
positive of 200 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.74
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Butterfly Sign is a first person detective story putting players in shoes of the lone survivor and the only witness to a disastrous incident. The protagonist’s destiny depends on his memories. That is why he dares to take a desperate measure. He takes an experimental drug "Rammex" which immerses him in the depths of his mind and precisely restores all the events occurred to him. In his memories, the protagonist will discover the ones responsible for the disaster, collecting clues bit by bit…(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 59% of 10,819 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 200 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.74-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.742016-12-142026-08-242016-12-14 — best price $4.992017-03-20 — best price $4.992017-04-10 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-09-21 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-18 — best price $4.992018-01-25 — best price $4.992018-03-05 — best price $4.992018-05-24 — best price $4.992018-10-01 — best price $4.992018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-10-07 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-19 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-04-03 — best price $4.992024-08-25 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-10 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-10-13 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-02 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $1.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Player tags

IndieActionThrillerAdventureDetectiveEscape Room

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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