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The Case of the Golden Idol

Color Gray Games · Playstack · 2022-10-13

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 11, 2024 (iOS), Dec 22, 2022 (Mac), Jul 09, 2024 (Xbox One), Jul 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jul 09, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 25, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

The Case of the Golden Idol is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 10880 reviews).

75
playing now
98%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 6.2h · completionist 9.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Case of the Golden Idol is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Color Gray Games and published by Playstack. The game depicts a narrative spanning 40 years in the 18th century, in which players collect clues to piece together concepts, characters, and evidence to provide context to the story. It was originally released for PC and was ported to consoles and mobile platforms in 2023 and 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,318 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~165/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 218k–490k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,880 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.75 at GameBillet (2026-03-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 83 of 129 observed days · $11.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
74574520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

98352026-08-06 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 98 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 64 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 95 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 79 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 77 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 41 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 52 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 45 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 72 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 56 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 49 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 49 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$6.522022-09-022026-08-302022-09-02 — best price $99.992022-12-26 — best price $15.292023-02-14 — best price $17.992023-04-07 — best price $14.392023-05-24 — best price $17.992023-07-22 — best price $13.382023-08-29 — best price $12.852023-11-01 — best price $17.992023-12-18 — best price $11.992024-01-31 — best price $11.692024-02-27 — best price $14.932024-04-05 — best price $14.282024-05-09 — best price $10.782024-06-19 — best price $11.692024-07-30 — best price $15.662024-09-20 — best price $8.872024-11-14 — best price $11.692024-12-26 — best price $17.992025-01-24 — best price $11.692025-03-08 — best price $17.992025-04-14 — best price $11.692025-06-26 — best price $10.792025-08-14 — best price $10.792025-09-23 — best price $17.992025-11-03 — best price $10.792025-12-06 — best price $17.992026-02-05 — best price $10.792026-03-19 — best price $6.522026-05-07 — best price $10.692026-06-02 — best price $15.852026-06-30 — best price $7.922026-08-26 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2431102026-05-13 — 150 pageviews2026-05-16 — 134 pageviews2026-05-19 — 127 pageviews2026-05-22 — 145 pageviews2026-05-25 — 178 pageviews2026-05-28 — 146 pageviews2026-05-31 — 166 pageviews2026-06-03 — 220 pageviews2026-06-06 — 182 pageviews2026-06-09 — 188 pageviews2026-06-12 — 132 pageviews2026-06-15 — 130 pageviews2026-06-18 — 134 pageviews2026-06-21 — 160 pageviews2026-06-24 — 202 pageviews2026-06-27 — 194 pageviews2026-06-30 — 200 pageviews2026-07-03 — 205 pageviews2026-07-06 — 198 pageviews2026-07-09 — 162 pageviews2026-07-12 — 203 pageviews2026-07-15 — 175 pageviews2026-07-18 — 182 pageviews2026-07-21 — 156 pageviews2026-07-24 — 172 pageviews2026-07-27 — 179 pageviews2026-07-30 — 204 pageviews2026-08-02 — 181 pageviews2026-08-05 — 154 pageviews2026-08-08 — 173 pageviews2026-08-11 — 137 pageviews2026-08-14 — 146 pageviews2026-08-17 — 177 pageviews2026-08-20 — 158 pageviews2026-08-23 — 196 pageviews2026-08-24 — 183 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-26 19:15 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
93.7%
earned "First Case Solved"
67.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,54535%17
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)7,31612%18
PS5 (PlayStation)65855%18
Switch (Nintendo)630%0
Switch (Nintendo)480%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDarkPuzzleMysteryThrillerDetectiveConspiracyStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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