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Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery cover art

Whispers in the West - Co-op Murder Mystery

Infinite Whys · 2023-07-25

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jul 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Whispers in the West is a point-and-click murder mystery game that supports online co-op for 1-4 players. Each story is an hour-long intriguing mystery waiting to be solved. You can either work solo or team up with your friends to solve the cases. Things may get heated!

69%
positive of 106 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

A series of gruesome crimes have shaken the Wild West - eluding even the most expert investigators. As the townsfolk grow scared at the thought of an assassin hiding among them, it’ll be up to you to connect the dots and finally bring it all together. Explore your surroundings, talk to the villagers, gather evidence, and find clues to support your theory as you quickly realize nobody around you is above suspicion. Each story is a unique and intriguing mystery waiting to be solved. To succeed, the players can either work solo or work as a team and debate amongst themselves - things may get hea(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 28,390 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.24 at Steam (2023-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920232026Week of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$4.242023-07-252026-10-082023-07-25 — best price $4.492023-09-18 — best price $4.242023-11-02 — best price $4.242023-11-22 — best price $4.242023-12-11 — best price $4.492023-12-21 — best price $4.242024-01-22 — best price $4.242024-03-01 — best price $4.242024-03-14 — best price $4.242024-05-09 — best price $4.242024-06-17 — best price $4.242024-06-27 — best price $4.242024-09-16 — best price $4.242024-10-28 — best price $4.242024-11-27 — best price $4.242024-12-20 — best price $4.242025-02-28 — best price $4.242025-03-13 — best price $4.242025-06-26 — best price $4.242025-09-29 — best price $4.242025-10-27 — best price $4.242025-12-18 — best price $4.242026-01-12 — best price $4.242026-03-19 — best price $4.242026-06-25 — best price $4.242026-10-01 — best price $4.242026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
27.3%
earned "The Interrogator"
5.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing6 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-07-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opCrimeIndiePartyShortPuzzleMysteryDetectiveStory RichTeam-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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