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The Dreadful Whispers cover art

The Dreadful Whispers

Blackthornprod · 2019-09-05

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A handcrafted adventure about overcoming fear and doubt. Will you defeat your inner demons or be crippled with regret ?

The Dreadful Whispers is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 153 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
84%
positive of 152 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 152 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2019-12-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220192025Week of 2019-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492019-09-052021-01-052019-09-05 — best price $8.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $6.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-21 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $3.492020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "The Fall."
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericSingleplayerChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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