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The Crooked Man

Uri Games · PLAYISM · 2018-01-16

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile... This is the first title in the series known as The Strange Man, developed by Uri Games. Experience the myriad horrors awaiting David as he moves into his new house.

The Crooked Man is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1258 reviews).

93%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

In The Crooked Man, you play as David Hoover, who has recently moved to a new apartment during a rather rough time in his life. In the midst of him struggling to deal with his current situation, David starts to experience some odd occurrences in his apartment, and decides its best to ask a little about the former tenant. However, he learns little. Strangely compelled to learn more about this man, David sets off in search of him, hoping to find answers to his questions.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,263 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2022-05-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$1.492018-01-172026-08-062018-01-17 — best price $2.992018-06-24 — best price $4.932018-09-19 — best price $2.392018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $2.392019-04-01 — best price $2.992019-05-27 — best price $2.092019-08-05 — best price $2.992019-10-28 — best price $2.092019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-02-23 — best price $1.792020-05-06 — best price $2.992020-09-17 — best price $1.792020-11-09 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $1.792021-05-06 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $1.792021-10-04 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $1.792022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-09-12 — best price $1.492022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-16 — best price $1.492023-05-27 — best price $2.992023-11-22 — best price $1.492024-02-15 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-09-30 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-03-05 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-06 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
78.9%
earned "Just Getting Started"
31.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)97224%27

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

Player tags

2DDarkAnimeCasualHorrorSci-fiMysteryRPGMakerAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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