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The Butterfly Sign

Quantum Phoenix Studio · 2016-12-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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…

The Butterfly Sign is a 2016 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $1.74, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 200 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 200 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.74
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

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

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
4.1%
earned "A good detective."
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-12-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33843%13

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

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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