# The Eye of Borrack

Summer DB entity ID: 741183b9\-cea0\-4f8a\-aede\-a51044bebeb5

Steam App ID: 1170960

JimJams games are a small, indie development team with a love for the retro games of the '80s and '90s\. We only develop games that embrace that era, aiming to provide true classicly styled gaming, with a massive retro feel, maybe with a slight hint of what these games would have been with a little more processing power\.  We don't aim to develop AAA games, but simply to bring our passion for a time gone by to those who love truly classic themed and inspired games\. If this is a genre and era that you love, then our games are for you\.         The Eye of Borrack  will take you back to yesteryear, with our take on the classic text adventure\. You'll put the world of action games to one side, as you delve deeply into a rich, funny, imagination lead, text\-based tale\.  You'll control your actions and that of other characters, not with single keypresses or controllers, but through typed English sentences, In  The Eye of Borrack,  you'll solve puzzles,  and mysteries, through the manipulation of a host of objects, exploration and interaction with others you'll meet along the way\.   Find 20 treasures, as you seek to unlock the strange mystery of  The Eye Of Borrack\.    Features \.  Advanced language parsing\. Numerous and entertaining text\-based puzzles\. A rich, witty, magical and slightly strange land\. Many hours of game\-play\. Full English language manual to help you get started\. A true taste of classic gaming\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: JimJams Games

- Publisher: JimJams Games

- Release date: Oct 17, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie

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

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_faf5eda1bac23a73b46ebecc000cb75b73cded04\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_5ac2b783d6454353ee35ed29458c31fa6c34522c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_40dd1a06e378bce238fb8883d4dd7a16b03172a1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_6962e2a9647f159944d49ee0ef05fa5b73ca3012\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_e868c30dcce7477c634e1d40d715dc436a31961c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1170960/ss\_bc07176bfc494590ee22115840f667c87be68085\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1625249844

- Price: 299 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 16

- Steam positive reviews: 15

- Steam negative reviews: 1

- Steam positive percentage: 93.75%

- 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/741183b9-cea0-4f8a-aede-a51044bebeb5/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/741183b9-cea0-4f8a-aede-a51044bebeb5/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\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T13:42:59\.127159\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T13:43:00\.597354\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T13:43:00\.208663\+00:00

Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1170960/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/1170960/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=1170960","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/1170960"\},"price":"2026\-09\-24T13:42:59\.127159\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-24T13:42:59\.127159\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-24T13:43:00\.597354\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-24T13:43:00\.208663\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"632a42cc\-4a8a\-4445\-b347\-73cc4c734dc2","catalog":"b75e9724\-bf3e\-43e9\-92a2\-e62a7640465d","details":"d56c5b5b\-c1ee\-46f2\-b8f5\-8a2aeeec0f86","players":"8ad4e732\-daad\-40ce\-96c7\-284bcf97aad8","reviews":"705b2817\-154c\-4fc9\-8b0b\-9a1331fd6ffb"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\}

Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"741183b9\-cea0\-4f8a\-aede\-a51044bebeb5","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

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/1170960/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/741183b9-cea0-4f8a-aede-a51044bebeb5)