A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo?
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.13/day in the week to Aug 3 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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A writer has died. His daughter seeks the help of you, Ord Salamon, to find his secret last novel. During the search, questions will emerge. Did her father really kill himself? What is the secret novel all about? What is going on at the island of Fardo? Crack codes, decipher secrets & find a lost fortune in this exciting adventure for Windows PC.
+ Old-school style point & click adventure
+ Full English voice acting, 2000+ lines
+ Hand-drawn art & animation, 60+ rooms
+ Original soundtrack by Lannie Neely III, 45+ mins
+ Additional languages (text only) included, EFIGS
The Samaritan Paradox is set in Sweden in the 80's. Ord Salomon has agreed to help Sara Bergwall find the book her father, Jonatan Bergwall, wrote before he died. During the course of this treasure hunt, he learns that Jonatan was investigating the weapons industry, and more specifically some covert affairs with foreign dictatorships.
But more questions arise. What is the book about, and why does Sara want Ord to find it for her? Did her Alzheimer's-stricken mother know the secret before she grew too demented to share it? And how did Jonatan actually die?
Genres
Sums Steam only; GOG publishes no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $0.99−50% | 272reviews | 72% | — | $4.3K |
| $0.29−71% | 211ratings | 72% | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 42 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
I have read some of the comments and wanted to add a positive review because I loved this game. I have played a lot of point n click games, so maybe it helped. I have not found the puzzles as difficult as described by some players. I had to take a look to the walkthrough only once, for the puzzle on the bunker (and only because I lacked the basic knowledge to solve the 4th riddle). I found the atmosphere of this game surprisingly good and I thoroughly enjoyed discovering every levels of this story (related to the journalist, to the private investigator, to the Bergwall family or even to the fantasy world around Freja that works quite well), I found main characters interesting and was definitely eager to know more. Regarding the darker aspects of the story, there are subtle hints (I do not want to spoil, but be careful to some dialogues and think about the seemingly randomly behavior of Patrik) that point into this direction. I understand this may be disturbing, but I think the ending makes sense and I am perfectly happy with it. It seems to me quite positive, yes sh*t happens but the characters still live on. Which leads me to another understanding of the title: no good without evil.
The Samaritan Paradox (2014, разработчик — Faravid Interactive, издатель — Screen 7) — point‑and‑click‑квест в жанре детектив‑драма. Суть: ординарный аспирант Орд Саломон расследует тайну последней книги умершего писателя, пытаясь разгадать шифры и раскрыть обстоятельства его смерти — ради завершения собственной диссертации и возможного наследства. Ключевые особенности: сеттинг: Швеция 1980‑х; криптографические головоломки (в т. ч. с использованием таблицы Менделеева); «книга в книге»: главы найденного произведения открывают бонусные уровни; пиксельная графика в ретро‑стиле; озвучка и саундтрек (композитор — Lannie Neely); достижения Steam; платформы: PC (Steam, GOG и др.); есть демоверсия. Минусы: очень сложные головоломки (часть вошла в списки «самых трудных в играх»); отсутствие системы подсказок; неудобный интерфейс (мелкие иконки без подписей); баги (проблемы с мышью, перезапуск игры при Alt+Enter); непропорциональное масштабирование текстур персонажей; слабая проработка второстепенных персонажей и побочных сюжетных линий. Итог: для хардкорных фанатов классических квестов (в духе Sierra) и головоломок с шифрами. Новичкам будет сложно — лучше брать по скидке и с готовым гайдом под рукой.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 42 reviews with recorded playtime.
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