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The Butterfly Sign

The Butterfly Sign

The Butterfly Sign is a detective story putting players into the role of the survivor of a disastrous incident. The protagonist takes an experimental drug which immerses him in the depths of his mind. In his memories, he will discover the ones responsible for the disaster, little by little, step by

Released Dec 13, 2016 Developer Quantum Phoenix Studio, Michail Romanov, Denis Esie, Bogdan Rozymny, Artem Lynev, Artur Samoylenko Publisher Quantum Phoenix Studio Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureActionIndieDetectiveThriller
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

63.5%positive200 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The Butterfly Sign is a first-person psychological detective adventure that builds its identity around memory reconstruction, crime investigation, and uncertainty over what can actually be trusted. Developed by Quantum Phoenix Studio alongside Michail Romanov, Denis Esie, Bogdan…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2021-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

1,610all-time peak
0 100 200 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 111 avg · May 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

13achievements
3.6%median completion
3.4%rarest: Total recall.
4.1% of players 4.0% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 4.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
4.1%A good detective. — Were not you who have staged this murder, were you?
4.0%Native home. — So many memories...
3.9%Necessary evil. — You have passed the first chapter on one of the difficulties.
Rarest badges of honor
3.4%Total recall. — You have passed the first chapter on the highest difficulty.
3.4%Silent Bob. — You did not ask too many questions to Romanov.
3.4%I am a painter, this is how I see. — You gave a wrong explanation everywhere.

Latest official news

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

Aug 08, 2017
50% DISCOUNT DURING THIS WEEK

Hi guys, we made a 50% discount for The Butterfly Sign. It will end on Aug 14, 2017.

Aug 08, 2017
50% DISCOUNT DURING THIS WEEK

Hi guys, we made a 50% discount for The Butterfly Sign. It will end on Aug 14, 2017.

Mar 18, 2017
-43% discount on the Second Chapter!

Second Chapter is out now! You can buy it with 43% discount using the bundle http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2490/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/555260

Mar 18, 2017
-43% discount on the Second Chapter!

Second Chapter is out now! You can buy it with 43% discount using the bundle http://store.steampowered.com/bundle/2490/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/555260

Mar 13, 2017
-50% discount and Second Part store page!

During this week, the first part of The Butterfly Sign has a 50% discount! We thought for a long time which way to distribute the different parts of the game is the best, and we ran into a problem. Th

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Action · Indie · Detective · Thriller · Escape Room (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Russian * , Spanish - Spain *
Achievements13
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8 or 10 (64bit) Processor: Intel Pentium G3258 or AMD FX-4300 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 560ti or R7 260x DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 18 GB available space