Mobile game · 2024

The Case of the Golden Idol

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Estimated daily players

~5200.0%

Range 260–1.1K

Estimated total players

~20,0000.0%

Range 4.6K–380K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Jun 4, 2024Android iOSUSK 16CLASS IND 14GRAC 15ESRB 18ACB MPEGI T

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Puzzle Historical Mystery Thriller

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 42%
Steam 29%
App Store 22%
Reddit 7.7%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play The Case of the Golden Idol, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~520

0.0%

Range 260 – 1.1K

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~20,000

0.0%

Range 4.6K – 380K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for The Case of the Golden Idol per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~12,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed The Case of the Golden Idol where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

232

Average rating: 4.5
Installs: 10K+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

App Store ratings

0.0%

Average rating: 4.7

Steam players in game

Reviews: 10,872

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Community signals

How many people gather around The Case of the Golden Idol outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

2,596

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for The Case of the Golden Idol: Discord, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Step into the shoes of an 18th century detective and uncover the mystery behind twelve strange deaths spanning 50 years, all somehow connected. Unmask the true killers in this sprawling narrative and discover their devious motives.

Trailers

Trailer

Accolades Trailer

Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play The Case of the Golden Idol?

We estimate that about 20,000 people have played The Case of the Golden Idol — plausibly between 4.6K and 380K. Around 520 of them play on a given day, in a range of 260 and 1.1K. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is The Case of the Golden Idol still active?

Yes. The Case of the Golden Idol is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the The Case of the Golden Idol player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.