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The Smell of Death - A Tsugunohi Tale - STEAM EDITION

Vaka Game Magazine · 2023-11-16

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Tsugunohi" creator ImCyan's former 3D dungeon horror film is now available on Steam. The game also features a battle mode against monsters, and if you complete the hard mode, which is new to the Steam version, a later story will appear. Can you escape safely from the "world of death"?

The Smell of Death - A Tsugunohi Tale - STEAM EDITION is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $4.19, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (89% of 47 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 47 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.19
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820232026Week of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$2.792023-11-172026-08-162023-11-17 — best price $3.392023-11-28 — best price $3.992023-12-22 — best price $3.392024-01-04 — best price $3.992024-02-13 — best price $3.392024-02-19 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.392024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.392024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-09-08 — best price $3.392024-09-22 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $2.792024-11-04 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $2.792024-12-04 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $2.792025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-02-03 — best price $2.792025-02-10 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $2.792025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-04-18 — best price $2.792025-05-02 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $2.792025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.792025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $2.792025-11-03 — best price $3.992025-11-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-09 — best price $4.192026-02-23 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.192026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-08-16 — best price $4.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DDarkActionCasualHorrorLinearThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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