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The Librarian

White Blanket Games · Octavi Navarro · 2020-08-13

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 04, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2018 (Mac)

Liz's library is threatened by the unknown. She must go investigate. She's the librarian, after all.

The Librarian is an Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $2.59, with Very Positive (84% of 169 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 169 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.59
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

""Something's wrong in the Library". Liz's temple and safe place is threatened by the unknown, by ghosts from her own darkest dreams. She must go investigate. She's the Librarian, after all."(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 169 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2025-01-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 24 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420202026Week of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$2.592020-08-132026-08-252020-08-13 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-03-22 — best price $3.992021-08-09 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-04-18 — best price $3.992022-07-25 — best price $3.992022-11-29 — best price $3.992023-02-13 — best price $3.992023-05-08 — best price $2.992023-06-11 — best price $2.992023-07-24 — best price $2.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-11-02 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-02-06 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-04-12 — best price $3.992024-06-06 — best price $2.992024-07-25 — best price $3.992024-08-21 — best price $3.992024-10-08 — best price $3.992024-11-13 — best price $3.992025-01-03 — best price $3.992025-02-28 — best price $2.592025-04-07 — best price $2.592025-05-19 — best price $2.592025-06-26 — best price $2.592025-09-11 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.592025-10-27 — best price $2.592025-12-18 — best price $2.592026-02-28 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-05-01 — best price $3.992026-06-16 — best price $3.992026-07-20 — best price $3.992026-08-25 — best price $2.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DCuteDarkHorrorFantasyColorfulAdventureDetectiveEmotionalDystopian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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