
In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.
Modeled estimate, not a reported figure. How we estimate →
Media
About
On Sunday the 7th of March, 1936, a group of locals made their way up the long, muddy track to Galley House. As far as any of them knew, the house had stood empty for decades.
Inside, they discovered the bloody aftermath of something horrific.
The authorities were summoned, and the crime scene was eventually cleared away. But nobody ever figured out what happened that dreadful night. It seemed likely that no one ever would.
Now, many years later, you have access to a peculiar machine — one that lets you listen in on echoes of the past. Can you piece together the events behind The Incident at Galley House?
The Chilling Detective Game, Reimagined on Steam
The Incident at Galley House is based on the acclaimed text-based browser game Type Help, remastered for Steam by the creators of The Roottrees Are Dead. It's the same haunting game of deduction, now with many enhancements:
An all-new, fully illustrated visual novel presentation
Full professional voice acting
A mysterious 3D interface for navigating memories
An eerie original soundtrack
New content and puzzles to explore

Genres
Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 360 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 359 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
fantastic game
A fun detective puzzle game which will scratch that Roottree/Obra Dinn itch. Definitely worth the price of admission.
Fantastic mystery game, the methodology to uncover the plot can get tricky at times and certainly asks of you to pay attention, take notes. But the outcome is quite rewarding. Great to play solo or with a friend!
Evil Trout has done it again! When I finished playing Roottrees last year (my personal GOTY 2025) I immediately signed up for their newsletter to keep tabs on any upcoming games. The wait is finally up for The Incident at Galley House and my god was it worth it! Another absolute banger. The creativity and thoroughness of this game is perfectly well crafted. The story is brilliant and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Just next level! Could not stop playing!! Highly recommend.
found 'type help' in a reddit thread some weeks ago and lost my tab and with it my progress. this is when i learned this adaptation was only days away from release. just finished my playthrough and must say i really enjoyed it. i especially found the third act quite satisfying. 4.5 stars from me
All the great mechanics and story from Type Help in a fresh format. Plus some bonus content at the end that really ties things up nicely. Great game and I'm happy for the developer that he hooked up with a crew that could get his game on Steam where we can support him.
If you enjoyed Roottrees or Obra Dinn, this is a blast Try to solve a big murder mystery by listening to audio echoes of the past (using absolutely legitimate science.) Piece together the goings on by listening to clues of what happened, when and where, to give an idea of where to search next. The gameplay loop is very satisfying, I could poke a few holes in the story as I understand it but I'm not going to, I had a great time. I'll definitely check out the original Type Help
Probably the best narrative game Iv'e played. Only rivaled by Inscryption.
めちゃ面白い推理ゲーム!仕掛け的なものが分かっていく過程が面白かった! 仕組みが複雑だが、整理しやすいUI?で考えることに集中できて楽しかった。
好玩支持,比原作typehelp也多了一些剧情更有代入感了!!!很喜欢这个机器的操作很复古的感觉也很方便!!!
Related
Related
Trends
Steam followers (game-group members) tracked daily from when we started recording.
Momentum
Pace estimated from the game's recent review growth (our daily snapshots) at its own sales-per-review ratio — a momentum signal, not booked sales.
Audience
Estimated from the language of this game's reviews — a proxy for where players are, not official Steam demographics.
Audience
Games most often reviewed by the same players — an audience-affinity signal from our review sample, not full ownership data.
Related
| Roblox | $2.5B | 50.2M | 84% | Free |
| Pokémon GO | $839.6M | 15.4M | 73% | Free |
| Black Myth: Wukong | $794.9M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| PK XD: Fun, friends & games | $538.8M | 6.4M | 94% | Free |
| DayZ | $531.7M | 465.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| DARK SOULS™ III | $467.1M | 438K | 94% | $59.99 |
Related
| IronWolf VR | $736.2K | 1.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| Layers of Fear | $735.2K | 1.7K | 79% | $29.99 |
| Feign | $735.1K | 6.3K | 91% | $4.99 |
| Marco & The Galaxy Dragon | $736.5K | 7.8K | 97% | $3.99 |
| Boomerang Fu | $736.6K | 3K | 97% | $14.99 |
| The Classrooms | $737.1K | 3.2K | 89% | $11.99 |