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The Slaughter: Act One

Alex Francois · Brainchild · 2016-01-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 28, 2016 (Mac), Jan 28, 2016 (iOS)

The Slaughter is a noir point-and-click adventure set in Victorian London, laced with adult themes and dark humour. Follow the trail of a killer through atmospheric London locations and surreal dream worlds, meeting a cast of interesting, insane and eccentrically British characters along the way.

The Slaughter: Act One is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 144 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2017-06-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
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 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 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

$8.99$1.742016-01-282026-07-092016-01-28 — best price $8.092016-02-17 — best price $7.992016-05-19 — best price $3.992016-07-11 — best price $3.992016-09-22 — best price $7.992016-11-29 — best price $7.992017-03-14 — best price $6.992017-06-23 — best price $1.742017-11-28 — best price $6.992018-06-22 — best price $2.792018-11-01 — best price $6.992019-03-10 — best price $3.992019-05-23 — best price $7.992019-08-19 — best price $6.992019-10-28 — best price $1.952019-11-27 — best price $3.492020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-03-09 — best price $2.792020-05-21 — best price $6.992020-08-12 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $3.492021-06-03 — best price $3.492021-11-01 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-05-23 — best price $5.242022-08-22 — best price $3.492022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-05-22 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $3.492023-12-18 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $5.242025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-07-08 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkNoirCrimeIndieRetroMysteryAdventureDetectiveDark HumorHistorical

Census log

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

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