# New Tricks for Old Gods

Summer DB entity ID: 58a3e6f6\-843d\-44d3\-ac3b\-6b37cf11fb73

Steam App ID: 1165490

Reviews:  This was a very interesting visual novel\. It has very good, unique art and music that builds the atmosphere\. There are multiple endings and the outcome depends on the player\. \- Adrenaline Reviews  A good visual novel with many different chilling endings\. Unusual plot that keeps you guessing until the last minute\. \- Golden Frogs  This is a really cool story with a nice flow\. The characters are really well made\.\.\.it gives you a feeling they could exist for real\.\- THE 3BUTE   For more information, see the following article at Indie Game Buzz\!    \- Great news, citizen \#238894F, it's Labour Assignment Day\! Ensure prompt arrival at the Administration Bureau\. Avoid unsavoury characters and run\-down zones on the way\. Enjoy your existence in your Grey\-Authority assigned place in society\. Have a nice life\!  But what if something went wrong? What if you're late, infected with a cyber\-virus and kidnapped by Black Hat gangsters?  Find out in 'New Tricks for Old Gods,' a short visual novel set in a cyberpunk\-dystopian world\. Inspired by 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories, you decide where your adventure will take you\. Will you escape the oppressive technocracy of a nightmare future or fall victim to the tyrannous regime of the Grey Authority? \- Created by a lone, first time game developer, with a lifelong love of sci\-fi, fantasy, cyberpunk and game\-books, this blistering, jaw\-dropping choose\-your\-own adventure allows you to decide the fate of a whole city\. \-  Features   A choice\-heavy story\.  18 possible endings\.  Forge relationships with characters, affecting the outcome of the story\.  Original character art, animations and music created by a single developer\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: James K\. Isaac

- Publisher: James K\. Isaac

- Release date: Oct 21, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1165490/ss\_453c8dde661e8014b0b6b99f9752d36cc872564d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1668383557, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1165490/ss\_bfe0d1fb5fe23a9ca351e2def5859de9bfeba857\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1668383557, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1165490/ss\_6f8472071411fc956d540ded4d3571201830ea88\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1668383557, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1165490/ss\_9c6018811028f3635b3540a793ec935914d7c653\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1668383557, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1165490/ss\_0647c4cbb9c0a622d342fd5b1db4f49c6cb8987d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1668383557

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 9

- Steam positive reviews: 7

- Steam negative reviews: 2

- Steam positive percentage: 77.77777777777777%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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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\-24T12:53:08\.86619\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T12:53:10\.145561\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T12:53:09\.878256\+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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