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The Terrible Old Man

Cloak and Dagger Games · 2019-10-10

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 09, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 671 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (98 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
878720192026Week of 2019-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
62.7%
earned "Three for Two"
52.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,05790%6

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DDarkCrimeDramaRetroHorrorMysteryThrillerAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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