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Valerie Porter and the Scarlet Scandal™

PlayFirst · 2010-05-06

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 21, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2009 (Mac)

Murder, scandal and your first big break! You’re a young, aspiring reporter, hungry for your first big scoop in the male-dominated world of 1920’s journalism. Not settling for your role as secretary, you soon stumble upon a high-profile murder, a scandalous cover up and the framing of an innocent man.

Valerie Porter and the Scarlet Scandal™ is a 2010 Casual game priced at $6.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (57% of 14 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-08

57%
positive of 14 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 300% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 86% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120112025Week of 2013-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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