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Whispers of a Machine

Clifftop Games · Raw Fury · 2019-04-17

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 17, 2019 (Mac), Apr 17, 2019 (iOS), Apr 17, 2019 (Android), Apr 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Whispers of a Machine is a Sci-Fi Nordic Noir that tells the story of Vera, a cybernetically augmented detective in a post-AI world, who investigates a string of murders and unravels a dark conflict over forbidden technology.

2
playing now
93%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
7.2h
to beat · completionist 7.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Whispers of a Machine is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Clifftop Games and Faravid Interactive, and published by Raw Fury in April 2019.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 50k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,011 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.48-83%
GreenManGaming$2.52-83%
Gamesplanet$2.83-81%
GOG$2.99-80%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
WinGameStore$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.57 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-08) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 83 of 111 observed days · $0.91 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1312026-08-06 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.572019-04-172026-08-302019-04-17 — best price $14.992019-08-06 — best price $12.492019-11-16 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $5.992020-03-17 — best price $12.262020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-08-02 — best price $5.082020-09-11 — best price $14.992020-10-22 — best price $12.632020-11-26 — best price $5.992021-01-06 — best price $14.992021-02-16 — best price $11.802021-03-25 — best price $7.492021-05-15 — best price $12.632021-08-05 — best price $14.992021-11-15 — best price $14.992022-01-17 — best price $12.742022-04-25 — best price $4.492022-10-06 — best price $14.992023-03-03 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $3.742024-02-21 — best price $2.612024-06-13 — best price $14.992024-08-27 — best price $2.162024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-11-30 — best price $2.242025-01-04 — best price $1.592025-04-07 — best price $2.992025-09-25 — best price $2.992026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-04-13 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.422026-08-21 — best price $2.482026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2422026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 14 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-27 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 14 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 15 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 15 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
47.4%
earned "Hidden Potential"
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,12112%25

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

Player tags

2DNoirRetroPuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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