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The Moment of Silence

House of Tales · HandyGames · 2015-03-27

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 05, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Moment of Silence is a classic point-and-click 3rd person adventure game set in New York City in 2044. Players step into the role of Peter Wright, an advertising executive currently heading up the Government's 'Freedom of Speech' campaign.

The Moment of Silence is a 2015 Adventure and Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 116 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

2
playing now
66%
positive of 116 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Moment of Silence is an investigative thriller adventure game developed in 2004 by German developer House of Tales.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-10-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 79 of 116 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152026Week of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.30$1.352015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $24.302015-12-14 — best price $14.992016-05-13 — best price $3.762016-11-17 — best price $3.752017-06-06 — best price $3.742017-12-15 — best price $4.422018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-12-03 — best price $14.992019-04-26 — best price $14.992019-09-07 — best price $14.992019-12-21 — best price $3.042020-02-26 — best price $11.892020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-08-10 — best price $14.992020-10-04 — best price $14.992020-12-09 — best price $11.892021-02-21 — best price $14.992021-04-12 — best price $2.992021-05-26 — best price $11.892021-07-31 — best price $2.392021-10-26 — best price $11.892022-01-06 — best price $11.012022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-07-29 — best price $13.472022-10-19 — best price $11.012023-01-06 — best price $11.842023-05-24 — best price $14.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992024-02-11 — best price $2.612024-06-04 — best price $12.742024-09-25 — best price $2.982025-01-01 — best price $14.992025-05-17 — best price $2.942025-09-23 — best price $11.962026-01-06 — best price $2.992026-05-15 — best price $2.982026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish

Player tags

IndieSci-fiAdventureDystopian Story RichPoint & Click

Census log

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

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