# The Harbinger's Head

Summer DB entity ID: 98baf733\-e7ef\-408f\-8a2e\-0d374726c588

Steam App ID: 884400

Visit a myth\-infested 1820s Ireland\. One dark \(if not particularly stormy\) night, you find yourself face to face with a frightening visage—or lack thereof\. Though shaped like a man, the creature you’ve encountered appears to have lost his head\. Worse, he seems to think you might be the one to blame\!   The Harbinger's Head  is a fantastic 46,000 word interactive horror novel by Kim Berkley, where your choices control the story\. It's entirely text\-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination\.  It’s up to you to prove your innocence and discover the true thief of the harbinger's head before your own winds up on the chopping block\!     Play as male, female, or non\-binary\.    Step into the shoes of an herbalist, schoolteacher, or lamplighter\.    Shape your personality and build your skills through the choices you make, or trust your luck at your own peril\.    Make friends—or enemies—of the various Fae creatures you’ll encounter along the way\.    Discover one of eight endings…or meet an untimely death\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Hosted Games

- Publisher: Hosted Games

- Release date: Jul 19, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/884400/ss\_34c0ecb4d8d302549a1c806101f809a0c0e96064\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033455, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/884400/ss\_127da3550d02a89315174e0eedd42d6ecc009f67\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033455, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/884400/ss\_a8de24a8f4bce47a6405d721a895c38c72281d83\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033455, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/884400/ss\_ebb223d0cf99cb1bae5127af8b107541a69bd35e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033455, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/884400/ss\_16d9fddddd3fe97a9807df29a4d0bd68356177de\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033455

- Price: 299 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 17

- Steam positive reviews: 15

- Steam negative reviews: 2

- Steam positive percentage: 88.23529411764706%

- 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/98baf733-e7ef-408f-8a2e-0d374726c588/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/98baf733-e7ef-408f-8a2e-0d374726c588/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\-23T15:30:09\.08938\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:30:10\.706619\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T15:30:10\.086937\+00:00

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Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"98baf733\-e7ef\-408f\-8a2e\-0d374726c588","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/884400/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/98baf733-e7ef-408f-8a2e-0d374726c588)