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The Incident at Galley House

The Incident at Galley House

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. A new puzzle from the creators of The Roottrees are Dead.

Released Jul 14, 2026 Developer William Rous, Evil Trout Inc. Publisher Evil Trout Inc. Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux MysteryPuzzleDetectiveStory RichVisual Novel
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

94.1%positive4,328 reviews
Recommended · 85 found this helpful

“I enjoyed most of my time with the game, but the reviews being rated as highly helpful built expectations that were not met by the game itself. The Incident at Galley House is a fun story to sit through, but the deduction is a lot less in your hands than something like Obra…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“I cannot recommend this game enough. If you cannot manage to play it in one sitting it is all that your brain wants to do until you finish the game! Great mystery, amazing VA's, great UI. I cannot wait for more games from this team!”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Do you want to be deeply unsettled while playing a logic game with excellent voice acting, lovely set pieces, and funky neat seance technology? Then this is the game for you! I figured out what was going on in the story pretty early, since this sort of thing is hard to do for an…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

2,101all-time peak
0 500 1k 866 avg · Jul 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 2026-09-26.

15achievements
70.9%median completion
31.7%rarest: TYPE HE-L-P
96.1% of players 87.4% of players 85.0% of players 77.2% of players 73.8% of players 71.2% of players 71.0% of players 70.9% of players 69.3% of players 64.6% of players 60.3% of players 50.3% of players 47.7% of players 45.1% of players 31.7% of players 96.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
96.1%Seance — Viewed your first scene
87.4%Persistence — Tried the same incorrect code twice
85.0%Machine Supervisor — Restored the power when something went wrong
Rarest badges of honor
31.7%TYPE HE-L-P — Asked the machine for help
45.1%Still Alive — Tried to view a scene containing only living people
47.7%Spectronoeticist — Found all of the scenes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US19.99 USD
EU20.49 EUR
UK17.75 GBP
Australia28.50 AUD
Canada23.99 CAD
Japan2,600 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Sep 25, 2026
Untitled

The Incident at Galley House has been nominated for a Golden Joystick Award for Best Indie Game - Self Published . If you liked the game, please consider voting for us here: https://www.gamesradar.com

Jul 28, 2026
Important Patch

- There was a regression in the previous update that prevented you from viewing the ending of the game. It's fixed, super sorry about that!

Jul 28, 2026
Update Notes for July 28, 2026

- Fixes to OpenGL Renderer to make the game render better - AMD RX 5700 XT cards now default to OpenGL Renderer for stability - Added some hints and text changes for late game puzzles - Added a new so

Jul 28, 2026
Building Galley House

It's been two weeks since we launched The Incident at Galley House and the reception has been incredible. We'd love to thank everyone who supported us, either by giving us a review, sharing the game w

Jul 20, 2026
Update Notes for July 20, 2026

- Fixes a bug where an important hint could come out of order - Fixed a bug where navigation by keyboard could break if you were focused on a text field - Fixed a bug where dragging via mouse could be

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure
Player tagsMystery · Puzzle · Detective · Story Rich · Visual Novel · Adventure · Logic · Atmospheric · Nonlinear · Horror · Casual · 2D (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements15
Official sitehttps://galley.house
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-Bit Processor: 2.0Ghz Dual Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 510 Storage: 3 GB available space