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THE EDITOR

DECATREE GAMES · 2023-10-16

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

NEWSPAPER EDITING ADVENTURE. "In 1996, a congressman was murdered...The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins" Play the role of editor-in-chief of a newspaper. You become the editor of a newspaper and write a front-page article every day.

90%
positive of 70 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

"In 1996, a congressman was murdered... The prime suspect is a congressman's aide. As the suspicious article was published the story begins"(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 27,007 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-07-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720232026Week of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$5.992023-10-172026-10-082023-10-17 — best price $11.992023-11-28 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-09-22 — best price $11.992024-11-02 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-01-24 — best price $11.992025-03-10 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-05-06 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-08-21 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-11-26 — best price $11.992026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-02-22 — best price $11.992026-03-31 — best price $11.992026-05-14 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $11.992026-08-17 — best price $11.992026-09-17 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-11-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DNoirCasualPuzzleStrategyAdventureNonlinearRealisticSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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