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Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?

Wales Interactive · 2022-03-18

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 18, 2022 (Mac), Mar 18, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 18, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 18, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An eccentric FMV murder mystery with a twist: someone has poisoned Uncle Marcus. Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz and try to save him before it is too late.

Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? is a $14.99 Adventure game released in 2022, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (66% of 1206 reviews).

1
playing now
66%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.83★
PlayStation Store rating (140 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,206 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-05-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220222026Week of 2022-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992022-03-042026-10-082022-03-04 — best price $11.692022-05-16 — best price $8.702022-07-23 — best price $5.972022-11-02 — best price $5.842022-11-23 — best price $5.842022-12-28 — best price $10.392023-02-16 — best price $12.992023-03-23 — best price $12.992023-05-11 — best price $12.992023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-10-18 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-01-10 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-05-22 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-03 — best price $14.992024-10-21 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $6.742025-03-13 — best price $6.742025-04-16 — best price $14.992025-06-17 — best price $7.142025-08-07 — best price $6.492025-09-27 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $5.192026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-02 — best price $2.992026-06-12 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $12.992026-09-24 — best price $12.992026-10-08 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Sorry, kiddo"
36.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,85239%17
PS4 (PlayStation)81279%18
Xbox One (Xbox)50863%17
PS5 (PlayStation)28385%18
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

FMVDramaIndieCasualMysteryAdventureDetectiveRealisticConspiracyStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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