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Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart

Would you like to enter a thrilling Pirates world where danger lurks in every corner?You are a museum owner pursuing an undead pirate who kidnapped your daughter. You quickly realize that the villain is entangled in a tragic, centuries-old love story, and wants to resurrect his mistress with the gir

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Engaging puzzles and minigames” (42 of 101 reviews) and “Compelling pirate adventure” (32); the most common complaint is “Blurry, low-resolution cutscenes” (22). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Feb 5, 2014 Developer Artifex Mundi Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Hidden ObjectAdventureCasualPoint & ClickPuzzle
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

91.8%positive1,608 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 101 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“masterpiece”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Played only a little but damn these games shouldn't have been delisted I really want Artifex to remaster and relaunch some of their older titles they're really great albeit dated”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

166peak since Aug 2026
0 5 10 6 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.

15achievements
25.5%median completion
8.1%rarest: RULER O' THE SEAS
59.2% of players 55.6% of players 54.5% of players 50.8% of players 50.7% of players 49.5% of players 42.9% of players 25.5% of players 16.5% of players 16.0% of players 15.4% of players 15.1% of players 13.4% of players 10.2% of players 8.1% of players 59.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
59.2%PLAYTIME — Impressive work, mate, ye finished that game in under a minute!
55.6%LUCKY ROLL — Three games and zero skips--the odds certainly be in yer favor now!
54.5%RULE O' THREE — All 3 in 3 seconds? Ye see pretty good for a bloke with an eyepatch!
Rarest badges of honor
8.1%RULER O' THE SEAS — Congratulations on plunderin’ every last Achievement, me bucko!
10.2%MAHJONG MASTER AND COMMANDER — Ye’ve finished all the games o’ Mahjong. Well played, sir!
13.4%MAHJONG FIRST MATE — Ye’ve left the first half o’ the Mahjong games in yer wake! Arr!

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 25, 2019
Irony Curtain: Revolutionary Update #3

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May 31, 2019
Irony Curtain reviews digest (SPOILER: they're awesome!)

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May 23, 2019
Irony Curtain: Revolutionary Update #2

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May 18, 2019
Irony Curtain's Revolutionary Update #1

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May 16, 2019
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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAdventure, Casual
Player tagsHidden Object · Adventure · Casual · Point & Click · Puzzle · Pirates · Female Protagonist · Horror · Singleplayer · Mystery · Fantasy · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese *
Achievements15
Official sitehttp://www.artifexmundi.com/page/piraci/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: 1.5 GHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space