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The Diary

HuCang Studio · IndieArk · 2025-06-20

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Jun 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2025 (Mac)

Several diaries gradually reveal the thrilling story of a missing case; after multiple deductions, are the answers in the past or present? With frequent plot twists, you never know which is the truth and which is the unexpected; in a dense fog, time buries the past, but the marks remain.

69%
positive of 211 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.19
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (95 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 29,881 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–9.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 211 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.19 at Steam (2026-06-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220252026Week of 2025-06-20: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-18: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

13
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Volume 1: Completed"
36.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4137%13

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

Census log

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

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