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Whisperstring

RocRac · 2025-01-31

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Whisperstring is an 80s inspired text adventure game that takes place inside a “chat room”. You’re connected to Adam, a "jock" with a severe fear of strings, who seems to have been the victim of a supernatural kidnapping. Will you be able to help him escape?

88%
positive of 34 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 78% of 14,167 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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111120252026Week of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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