# Bucket Detective

Summer DB entity ID: 30cb73b5\-91d2\-4ab1\-a274\-afcb28ec32a1

Steam App ID: 461170

A dark comedy/horror game by Jesse Barksdale, creator of the static speaks my name\. Help a cult complete a ritual in exchange for divine inspiration to finish writing your terrible novel\. A story\-focused experience where the choices you make determine which of the five unique endings you receive\. Play multiple times to unlock the complete story\. Takes around 45 minutes to complete once and another 20 minutes to get a few more endings\. Includes nearly an hour of in\-game audio commentary about the making of the game\.    Created by the two person studio The Whale Husband\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: the whale husband

- Publisher: the whale husband

- Release date: Feb 16, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Commentary available, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/461170/ss\_6f9f682fa612864c6fee83514b71429858651826\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1587168383, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/461170/ss\_43b4d4300a3a4a90976895017eb00c52bd278511\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1587168383, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/461170/ss\_a6fc493d9305f65ff4ab03e108cd8458e111465b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1587168383, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/461170/ss\_c22713c40daf247aa2707ed995c919da9c999d8b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1587168383, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/461170/ss\_c0093ddbfb424a55676f517df3eb427bccb72184\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1587168383

- Price: 399 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 273

- Steam positive reviews: 235

- Steam negative reviews: 38

- Steam positive percentage: 86.08058608058609%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/30cb73b5-91d2-4ab1-a274-afcb28ec32a1/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/30cb73b5-91d2-4ab1-a274-afcb28ec32a1/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:31:33\.685523\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:31:35\.103605\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:31:34\.71029\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/461170/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/30cb73b5-91d2-4ab1-a274-afcb28ec32a1)