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The Case of the Worst Day Ever

Hero Game Co LLC · 2025-12-05

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2025 (Linux), 2025 (Mac)

A deceptively difficult deduction game about one very unfortunate family. Revisit their worst moments, form your own conclusions, and solve this silly yet challenging mystery.

93%
positive of 74 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 11,837 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620252026Week of 2025-12-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$9.742025-12-052026-08-312025-12-05 — best price $11.692025-12-12 — best price $12.992026-01-12 — best price $11.042026-01-19 — best price $12.992026-03-06 — best price $11.042026-03-16 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $10.392026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $10.392026-04-27 — best price $12.992026-06-01 — best price $10.392026-06-08 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $10.392026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-13 — best price $10.392026-07-20 — best price $12.992026-08-24 — best price $9.742026-08-31 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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