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The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

Square Enix · 2022-05-12

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 12, 2022 (PlayStation 5), May 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 12, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2023 (Android), Apr 25, 2023 (iOS)

Unravel the mysteries of death, and find the answers to life.A unique Mystery-Adventure Game:The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story

The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story is an Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1128 reviews).

3
playing now
79%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (822 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 16h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Shijima family have suffered a chain of inexplicable deaths over the past century.When Haruka Kagami, a mystery novelist, visits the Shiijmas, she finds herself taking on four different murder cases - occurring at different points in time. The red camellia and the Fruit of Youth, which invite only death. And the truth behind it all, waiting to be uncovered...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (349 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,128 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-06-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 18 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27327320222026Week of 2022-05-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$14.992022-02-102026-08-112022-02-10 — best price $49.992022-07-20 — best price $49.992022-09-29 — best price $49.992022-11-29 — best price $49.992023-01-05 — best price $49.992023-03-16 — best price $24.992023-04-28 — best price $24.992023-05-12 — best price $49.992023-07-26 — best price $49.992023-09-25 — best price $49.992023-12-15 — best price $20.002024-02-05 — best price $49.992024-03-25 — best price $49.992024-05-02 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-08-10 — best price $49.992024-10-01 — best price $49.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992025-01-02 — best price $49.992025-02-05 — best price $49.992025-03-14 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-20 — best price $14.992025-07-23 — best price $49.992025-10-03 — best price $49.992025-11-21 — best price $15.002025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-15 — best price $14.992026-02-23 — best price $49.992026-03-26 — best price $49.992026-05-01 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-16 — best price $14.992026-08-11 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
80.6%
earned "The Cherry Blossom Ceremony"
48.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-05-12, latest 2022-06-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,18068%28
PS4 (PlayStation)55274%28
Steam (Steam)45628%28
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

FMVGoreMysteryViolentAdventureCinematicDetectiveRealisticHistoricalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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