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The Secret Order 8: Return to the Buried Kingdom cover art

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!

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

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 59% of 11,313 Adventure games in the census by review count.
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 8 of 15 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002020-01-312026-08-302020-01-31 — 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 $3.742026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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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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