The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery overview

Overview

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery comes from MDNA Games and is published by MDNA Games. It arrived on Steam on Oct 19, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 12 September 2026 - 12:28:06 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 88% positive across 8 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery overview details

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Eager to make some money for her upcoming vacation, Carol agrees to help Dalton Johnson to investigate the recent disappearance of his wife, Daria. Carol’s investigation soon reveals that an elusive video game designer seems to have a very hostile attitude towards Daria. In a series of eccentric video games, the game designer is taking responsibility for three recent brutal murders: Three men who were sedated, strangled, and placed in public locations with their hands tied behind their backs. Carol meets several vibrant characters throughout the game that help her on her quest. Some are less agreeable though, and it’s not always obvious who can be trusted. Over the course of the game, Carol visits over 40 locations, which are easily accessible through the game map. She also has to solve various puzzles, both inventory based, and based on information that can be collected in the game. Completing puzzles will progress the story, open up new locations, or reveal important information. The game features an entirely mouse-driven classic adventure game interface. You collect inventory items, which can be accessed and used with a single mouse operation. Information gathered about persons of interest is documented on the game’s notice board, that can be accessed through the inventory. The game can be saved and loaded at any moment, but is also automatically saved when the game is exited. If you get stuck, the game has a two-tiered hint system that covers every possible action in the game. Carol keeps it in her journal that she always carries in the inventory. The game has no q…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Game Maker: A Carol Reed Mystery is listed as a game with $13.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 12 September 2026 - 12:28:06 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 88% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

Some references to past sexual violence, only related to in written text.

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.