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The Deed cover art

The Deed

Pilgrim Adventures · GrabTheGames · 2015-11-23

Steam

AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A keenly dark twist on the traditional murder mystery setting, The Deed is an Adventure/RPG game about getting away with murder. Arran Bruce, the rightful heir to Dunshiel House, returns home to settle a score with his estranged family.

The Deed is a 2015 Adventure RPG priced at $0.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 3771 reviews).

20
playing now
90%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

The Deed trailer thumbnail

The Deed by Dutch Haid | Official Book Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 94k–226k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,771 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.07 at Fanatical (2024-11-22) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 58 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4332026-09-15 13:00 — 41 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 29 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 43 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2131Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 16 · peak 148Mar 2016 — avg 9 · peak 36Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 29Nov 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 43Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2017 — avg 5 · peak 46Mar 2018 — avg 26 · peak 1,329Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 98Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 205Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 18Mar 2020 — avg 23 · peak 463Jul 2020 — avg 6 · peak 70Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 38Mar 2021 — avg 19 · peak 679Jul 2021 — avg 6 · peak 106Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 42Mar 2022 — avg 17 · peak 195Jul 2022 — avg 26 · peak 515Nov 2022 — avg 17 · peak 236Mar 2023 — avg 78 · peak 1,488Jul 2023 — avg 80 · peak 689Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 134Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 56 · peak 200Feb 2026 — avg 30 · peak 66Jun 2026 — avg 35 · peak 524Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 58
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.002015-11-242026-08-152015-11-24 — best price $0.742016-05-02 — best price $0.992016-11-23 — best price $0.492017-05-11 — best price $0.542017-11-28 — best price $0.992018-04-24 — best price $0.092018-08-02 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $0.992019-03-29 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-05-30 — best price $0.492020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-10-01 — best price $0.992020-12-05 — best price $0.542021-02-08 — best price $0.992021-04-02 — best price $0.742021-05-22 — best price $0.992021-10-05 — best price $0.742022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-14 — best price $0.722022-11-22 — best price $0.282023-06-29 — best price $0.282023-11-17 — best price $0.412024-02-12 — best price $0.492024-04-23 — best price $0.992024-07-12 — best price $0.722024-09-22 — best price $0.992025-03-02 — best price $0.492025-08-06 — best price $0.092025-11-27 — best price $0.222026-02-23 — best price $0.992026-05-15 — best price $0.212026-08-01 — best price $0.792026-08-15 — best price $0.82
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
17.1%
earned "First Degree"
9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,16248%17

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

2DRPGCrimeIndieCasualMysteryRPGMakerAdventureDetectiveStory Rich

Census log

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

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