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Unforeseen Incidents

Backwoods Entertainment · Application Systems Heidelberg · 2018-05-23

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 24, 2018 (Mac), Jan 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2018 (Linux)

Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.

Unforeseen Incidents is a 2018 Adventure and Indie game priced at $11.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1073 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
88%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 6h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Unforeseen Incidents is a 2018 point-and-click adventure game developed by German company Backwoods Entertainment. Players control a local handyman who investigates a mysterious viral outbreak in his town.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 27k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,073 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at MacGameStore (2022-04-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 66 of 99 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020182026Week of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
370Jan 2018Jul 2026Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 37 · peak 88Aug 2018 — avg 8 · peak 44Nov 2018 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 27Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 21Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 9 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 22Feb 2021 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 24Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992018-05-242026-10-142018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-08-24 — best price $19.992019-01-10 — best price $15.992019-04-08 — best price $13.992019-06-27 — best price $19.992019-10-07 — best price $19.992019-12-20 — best price $13.392020-02-13 — best price $13.992020-05-21 — best price $19.992020-08-30 — best price $19.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-04-23 — best price $13.392021-07-16 — best price $13.392021-11-15 — best price $19.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-05-02 — best price $9.992022-07-16 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $11.992023-03-20 — best price $11.992023-06-18 — best price $19.992023-09-30 — best price $11.992023-12-13 — best price $11.992024-02-14 — best price $11.992024-04-25 — best price $11.992024-07-17 — best price $11.992024-10-10 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-06-05 — best price $11.992025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-11-14 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $11.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $11.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $11.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 10 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 9 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 10 pageviews2026-10-05 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "Something Fishy"
40.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)61716%18
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyCasualPuzzleMysteryStylizedAdventureComic BookConspiracyHand-drawn

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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