Hope Lake

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Hope Lake

Short description

The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.

Developer
Far Mills, Mysterytag
Publisher
RunServer
Release
Fri, Jun 03, 2016
Price
$7.99
Reviews
500
Positive
72%
Followers
1,962
Owners (estimated)
50K – 100K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Adventure, Casual, Indie
Features
Steam Trading Cards
Tags
Hidden Object Adventure Casual Indie Point & Click Female Protagonist Puzzle Detective Mystery Crime Atmospheric
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$159ksomewhere between $71k and $705k · roughly 10K–100K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $7.05, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $7.99 launch price. That is 12% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

3 data points since Aug 6, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$158k → ~$159k
Reviews 498 → 500
Followers 1,962 → 1,962
Price $7.99 → $7.99
Positive reviews 71.5% → 71.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 258 further data points reach back to Jun 1, 2016 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.87 on Feb 20, 2023.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Hope Lake is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

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