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Tintin Reporter - Cigars of the Pharaoh

Pendulo Studios · Microids · 2023-11-07

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Adventures of Tintin · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 07, 2023 (Xbox One), Nov 07, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Tintin and his faithful companion Snowy are going to experience some extraordinary adventures…After meeting Professor Sarcophagus whilst cruising the Mediterranean Sea, the famous reporter sets out in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh.

58%
positive of 359 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.25★
PlayStation Store rating (644 ratings)
14h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)
Tintin Reporter – Cigars of the Pharaoh is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Microids. It is based on Cigars of the Pharaoh, the fourth volume of The Adventures of Tintin. The story follows Tintin and Snowy on a worldwide adventure.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 25,815 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 359 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 17 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$11.992026-09-172026-10-102026-09-17 — best price $11.992026-09-18 — best price $11.992026-09-19 — best price $11.992026-09-20 — best price $11.992026-09-21 — best price $39.992026-09-22 — best price $39.992026-09-23 — best price $39.992026-09-24 — best price $11.992026-09-25 — best price $11.992026-09-26 — best price $11.992026-09-27 — best price $11.992026-09-28 — best price $11.992026-09-29 — best price $11.992026-09-30 — best price $11.992026-10-01 — best price $11.992026-10-02 — best price $11.992026-10-03 — best price $11.992026-10-04 — best price $11.992026-10-05 — best price $11.992026-10-06 — best price $11.992026-10-07 — best price $39.992026-10-08 — best price $39.992026-10-09 — best price $39.992026-10-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,07732%38
Xbox Series (Xbox)27411%37
PS4 (PlayStation)23436%38
Steam (Steam)15011%37
Switch (Nintendo)180%0

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

Player tags

3DActionAdventureSingleplayerInvestigationAction-AdventureChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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