SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders (Steam Game) Steam logo

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Your husband Richard lies dead beneath the cherry blossoms of Old Japan, and the police are of no help. Step into history and uncover the truth when no one else will. Find devilishly hidden clues, explore exotic locales, and bring the killer to justice!

Release DateFeb 3, 2010
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.3% (positive) / 81.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)74.6% / 75.6%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)249  Top 25% / 279  Top 25%
Curators16 reviews
Median Play Time5.1 hours  Top 30%
Play Time per Dollar1 hour  Top 25%
Followers623 
Owners± 26.3K  Top 30%
Copies Sold± 13.1K  Top 25%
Gross Revenue ($)± 38.3K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders's Steam rating and reviews between January 2011 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 95.4% (August 2013) and 78.5% (February 2018).

With its 279 reviews Top 25%, SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders could be considered a decent success for an indie game. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders's review languages. The most popular language is English (62%), followed by Japanese (15%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 16 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 5 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is acceptable, with 8 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • OK story
  • Beautiful soundtracks
  • Variety of unique puzzles
  • Multiple hidden object scenes
  • Strong story
  • Great writing
  • Strong characters
  • Enjoyable hidden object scenes
  • Not overly junkpile-ish HO scenes
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Recycled hidden object scenes
  • No journal
  • Outdated gameplay mechanics
  • Very few puzzles
  • Japanese setting is only decoration
  • Racist depiction of character
  • Mediocre low-resolution graphics
  • Laughable cutscenes
  • Unoriginal puzzles
  • Bad HO scenes

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 80.3% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of SEASON OF MYSTERY: The Cherry Blossom Murders's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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