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Why Am I Dead At Sea

Peltast Software · 2015-05-11

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 12, 2015 (Mac), May 12, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an adventure game where you solve the mystery of your own murder. As a ghost, you will have to possess people and use them to investigate your surroundings. But in this place no one is who they seem...and everyone has a secret.

Why Am I Dead At Sea is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 428 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 428 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 428 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-02-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-05-112024-11-082015-05-11 — best price $7.992015-10-29 — best price $5.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-03-14 — best price $4.992016-07-02 — best price $4.992016-07-11 — best price $4.992016-07-14 — best price $4.992016-09-12 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-03-20 — best price $4.992017-05-22 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-02-12 — best price $4.992018-05-28 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-10-15 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-03-26 — best price $4.992020-09-07 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-11-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
66.3%
earned "Ship Sinking"
42.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)54231%27

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

Player tags

RPGIndieMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerPixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackMultiple Endings

Census log

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

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