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The Letter - Horror Visual Novel cover art

The Letter - Horror Visual Novel

Yangyang Mobile · Neon Doctrine · 2017-07-24

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 24, 2017 (Linux), Jul 24, 2017 (Mac), Dec 15, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 15, 2021 (Xbox One)

When seven people fall prey to a vicious curse, they will discover that horror rests not from the shadows lurking about, but within themselves. To what ends will one go in order to survive?

6
playing now
86%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

"In the outskirts of Luxbourne City stands a 17th-century English mansion, rumored to be haunted by vengeful spirits. After reading a letter discovered inside on the day of its open house, seven people find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle of madness plaguing the Ermengarde Mansion for centuries. Will they be able to free themselves from it, or will they become another casualty?"(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,527 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-03) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 29 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

912026-08-11 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992017-07-252026-08-272017-07-25 — best price $17.992018-07-30 — best price $19.992019-07-22 — best price $11.992019-12-19 — best price $8.992020-04-20 — best price $19.992020-06-17 — best price $17.992020-07-20 — best price $19.992020-08-15 — best price $17.992020-09-08 — best price $14.692020-10-04 — best price $19.992020-10-26 — best price $17.992020-11-23 — best price $19.992020-12-16 — best price $14.692021-01-20 — best price $14.692021-02-14 — best price $19.992021-04-07 — best price $19.992021-04-29 — best price $14.692021-05-21 — best price $17.992021-06-25 — best price $14.692021-09-21 — best price $14.692021-11-21 — best price $19.992022-01-18 — best price $14.692022-02-28 — best price $14.692022-05-04 — best price $14.692022-07-04 — best price $14.692022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-03-02 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $14.692023-12-15 — best price $6.002024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-08-01 — best price $15.892024-12-10 — best price $5.992025-04-14 — best price $5.992025-08-03 — best price $14.692025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.4%
earned "This or That"
35.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RPGGoreAnimeIndieHorrorMatureMysteryAdventureStory RichVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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