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提线木偶 The Marionette cover art

提线木偶 The Marionette

雪見いつか · 冷笑黑妖 · 2021-05-14

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The youth who was imprisoned by his sister since childhood, summoned the kami on the third day after his sister disappeared, and left the room. In the strange and weird space, can he find a way out? who is in control of everything? Who is the marionette and who is the puppeteer?

0
playing now
85%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-12 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 81% of 15,202 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2023-05-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220212026Week of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.492021-05-152026-09-052021-05-15 — best price $1.192021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-29 — best price $0.992022-02-21 — best price $1.992022-10-24 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-02-13 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-04-24 — best price $0.992023-06-30 — best price $0.492023-09-09 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-02-25 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-05-23 — best price $0.492024-07-25 — best price $0.992024-10-07 — best price $0.492024-12-18 — best price $0.992025-01-17 — best price $0.492025-03-12 — best price $0.992025-04-11 — best price $0.492025-06-08 — best price $0.992025-08-23 — best price $0.492025-10-20 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-04 — best price $0.992026-04-03 — best price $0.492026-05-31 — best price $0.992026-08-22 — best price $0.492026-09-05 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
31.5%
earned "BAD END 01"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DRPGDarkJRPGIndieRPGMakerAdventureSingleplayer2D PlatformerMultiple Endings

Census log

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

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