# History in Letters \- The Eternal Alchemist

Summer DB entity ID: 4560ce70\-fcd6\-4fd4\-a8a7\-03275a7199ad

Steam App ID: 318680

Nicolas Flamel gained posthumous fame as an alchemist\. According to legend, he is said to have found the philosopher's stone and attained immortality\. Today, this is commonly dismissed as a fairy tale\. The philologist Remy Chaveau thinks the same until he gets hold of a previously unknown diary\. The book documents the search for Flamel’s mysteries in a very cryptic way and it looks like the diary's author was close to solving them just before he died\. Henceforth, Remy follows in the footsteps of the diary’s deceased writer and is drawn into a whirlwind of dark secrets and intrigues\.     "History in Letters" invites you to a riddle\-filled adventure in France\. Not only does the game feature historical facts about Flamel and French history, it also tells many interpersonal conflicts\. The story is peppered with over a dozen puzzles which make the game more challenging and enjoyable\.     Take on the role of linguist Remy Chaveau and search for clues and hints\. Solve tricky puzzles to reveal the secret of the mysterious diary\. An exciting journey through France and into the mysterious depths of Paris awaits you\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Z\-Software

- Publisher: Z\-Software GmbH

- Release date: Dec 8, 2015

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_5f8802ac0f0e85b659b924ed64e4589fa345c71a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_57c7b8689aad16331df22d7f6a26b5d0cdba235d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_910e3b0a8bbd2c3ca1a04504a40e0711ce2697aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_06fc3ded93b3f77fad1fa6bdbe1e547aa1bb86f5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_7321df6a346d8962469f5763771b3ae06380d057\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_0720288be61c9d229c1effc22523d8412003430a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_7d9ef8b8fea33314816f77119295b14587b59978\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/318680/ss\_b8a6077d8939ef88bd4193fa3ab0f622cc097aee\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667574870

- Price: 799 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 17

- Steam positive reviews: 11

- Steam negative reviews: 6

- Steam positive percentage: 64.70588235294117%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/4560ce70-fcd6-4fd4-a8a7-03275a7199ad/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/4560ce70-fcd6-4fd4-a8a7-03275a7199ad/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\-22T01:25:13\.635211\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T01:25:14\.926583\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T01:25:14\.714114\+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.

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