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ArtStrong Games · ArtStrongGames · 2022-06-28

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ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When a mysterious package appears in his living room, Detective Walter Miles is suddenly transported to a World War II Era newspaper building. Can you solve the mystery and escape?

0
playing now
69%
positive of 13 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-08 05:00 UTC (census sample)

When a mysterious package appears in his living room, Detective Walter Miles is suddenly transported to a World War II Era newspaper building. You, in the role of Detective, will need to explore this strange but breath taking environment, collect the gems to activate the portal and escape. Along the way you'll explore and learn the back story of this strange environment. Maybe you'll solve the mystery of the reason that you are here, and who is responsible for this abduction. The programming and art, etc., is handled by master 3d artist Don "Artstrong" Armstrong, bringing his 10 plus years o(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 95% of 12,964 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220222025Week of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-06-282024-04-052022-06-28 — best price $4.992022-07-10 — best price $2.992022-08-05 — best price $1.492022-08-12 — best price $2.992022-10-19 — best price $0.502022-11-02 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $1.492022-11-29 — best price $2.992022-12-23 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-08 — best price $2.092023-03-15 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-03-27 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $0.642023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-24 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-04-05 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DFunnyAliensGothicFantasyAdventureRealisticDark HumorAtmosphericDark Comedy

Census log

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

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