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The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom

Sunward Games · Artifex Mundi · 2020-01-30

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 18, 2020 (Xbox One), Jan 10, 2020 (iOS), Jan 18, 2020 (Android), Sep 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Get to the bottom of the unexplainable events in the Buried Kingdom and save all its inhabitants in this thrilling fantasy experience. The eighth part of the Secret Order series introduces new adventures, riddles, secrets, and a solid amount of fun!

The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom is a $14.99 Adventure and Casual game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (82% of 157 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 157 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-04-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 19 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220202026Week of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51Feb 2020Sep 2025Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002020-01-312026-10-112020-01-31 — best price $11.992020-03-11 — best price $6.992020-05-20 — best price $8.992020-06-22 — best price $14.992020-09-21 — best price $4.492020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-01-18 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $1.002021-06-29 — best price $1.002021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-10-24 — best price $14.992022-12-23 — best price $2.992023-03-15 — best price $14.992023-05-15 — best price $4.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-20 — best price $4.492023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-17 — best price $3.742024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-10-22 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-05-02 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $3.742025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $3.742026-03-18 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-09-06 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $0.002026-10-11 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
81.1%
earned "Skilled Explorer"
74.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish

Player tags

2DCasualDragonsFantasyMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerHidden Object

Census log

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

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