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The Innsmouth Case

RobotPumpkin Games · Assemble Entertainment · 2020-06-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Dec 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 22, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 23, 2020 (Mac), Jun 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Innsmouth Case is a text adventure game inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and the very first text-based adventure to combine horror and comedy in a fit and proper way.

64%
positive of 207 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.43★
PlayStation Store rating (141 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.49
steam price (US)

A desperate mother, a missing girl and a mystical place - a case could hardly be more challenging. To solve the enigmatic disappearance of little Tabitha Marsh, however, the toughest and cleverest detective of all is wanted... but he does not have the time - and so the job goes to you. This mysterious assignment takes you to the remote fishing village of Innsmouth, where nothing is what it seems… Save the girl, solve the case, survive Innsmouth!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 27,440 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.1k–9.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.24-90%
GamersGate$1.25-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 41 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.092026-08-062026-10-112026-08-06 — best price $1.092026-08-08 — best price $1.092026-08-10 — best price $1.092026-08-13 — best price $1.252026-08-15 — best price $1.252026-08-17 — best price $1.252026-08-19 — best price $1.252026-08-21 — best price $1.252026-08-24 — best price $1.242026-08-26 — best price $1.242026-08-28 — best price $1.242026-08-30 — best price $1.242026-09-01 — best price $1.242026-09-03 — best price $1.242026-09-05 — best price $1.242026-09-16 — best price $1.242026-09-18 — best price $1.242026-09-29 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $1.242026-10-05 — best price $1.242026-10-07 — best price $1.242026-10-10 — best price $1.242026-10-11 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
16.5%
earned "Welcome to the Hotel Massachusetts"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)69671%23
PS4 (PlayStation)45484%24
PS4 (PlayStation)30586%24
Steam (Steam)25127%23
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

IndieComedyHorrorFantasyMysteryAdventureStory RichText-BasedAtmosphericLovecraftian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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