The Silver Case
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 1999
Genres
Play modes
- single-player video game
Localized titles
- The Silver Case
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Adventure*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Japanese*
Community tags · historical
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 219*
- Investigation*
- Votes · historical
- 211*
- Mystery*
- Votes · historical
- 210*
- Crime*
- Votes · historical
- 209*
- Visual Novel*
- Votes · historical
- 202*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 192*
- Detective*
- Votes · historical
- 192*
- Text-Based*
- Votes · historical
- 187*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 186*
- Choose Your Own Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 182*
- Funny*
- Votes · historical
- 180*
- Puzzle*
- Votes · historical
- 179*
- Anime*
- Votes · historical
- 173*
- Exploration*
- Votes · historical
- 167*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 158*
- Psychological Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 149*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 141*
- Psychological*
- Votes · historical
- 136*
- Dark*
- Votes · historical
- 129*
- 1990's*
- Votes · historical
- 127*
System requirements
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Ubuntu*
- Processor alternatives
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.8 32bit*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Intel HD Graphics 5000 or greater*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP2+ or newer*
- Processor alternatives
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 9*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Grasshopper Manufacture
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- PLAYISM*
Publishers
- ASCII Corporation
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
Release history
- 1999-10-07
- Date precision
- Exact date
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Oct 6, 2016*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 4* GB
- Name
- The Silver Case*
- Release year
- 2,016*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Specifications 2 · 33 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 25*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 601* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- PLAYISM*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100000 - 200000*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 703* min
- Metacritic score
- 64*
- Name
- The Silver Case*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 102*
- Peak ccu
- 4*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 773*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.99*
- Publishers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- Recommendations
- 862*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 6, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Game website · historical
- http://thesilvercase.com/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- PLAYISM
- PLAYISM*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 6, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 3 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 182* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,421* min
- Ccu
- 4*
- Developer
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC., PLAYISM*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 182* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 462* min
- Name
- The Silver Case*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 102*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 100,000 .. 200,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 773*
- Historical US price
- 1,999* US cents
- Publisher
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- Community tags · historical
- Adventure*
- Investigation*
- Mystery*
- Crime*
- Visual Novel*
- Story Rich*
- Detective*
- Text-Based*
- Singleplayer*
- Choose Your Own Adventure*
- Funny*
- Puzzle*
- Anime*
- Exploration*
- Horror*
- Psychological Horror*
- Atmospheric*
- Psychological*
- Dark*
- 1990's*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Languages
- English*
- Japanese*
- Community tags · historical
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Investigation
- Investigation*
- Mystery
- Mystery*
- Crime
- Crime*
- Visual Novel
- Visual Novel*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Detective
- Detective*
- Text-Based
- Text-Based*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Choose Your Own Adventure*
- Funny
- Funny*
- Puzzle
- Puzzle*
- Anime
- Anime*
- Exploration
- Exploration*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Psychological Horror
- Psychological Horror*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Psychological
- Psychological*
- Dark
- Dark*
- 1990's
- 1990's*
- Tags votes
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 219*
- Investigation
- Votes · historical
- 211*
- Mystery
- Votes · historical
- 210*
- Crime
- Votes · historical
- 209*
- Visual Novel
- Votes · historical
- 202*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 192*
- Detective
- Votes · historical
- 192*
- Text-Based
- Votes · historical
- 187*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 186*
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 182*
- Funny
- Votes · historical
- 180*
- Puzzle
- Votes · historical
- 179*
- Anime
- Votes · historical
- 173*
- Exploration
- Votes · historical
- 167*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 158*
- Psychological Horror
- Votes · historical
- 149*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 141*
- Psychological
- Votes · historical
- 136*
- Dark
- Votes · historical
- 129*
- 1990's
- Votes · historical
- 127*
Specifications 4 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- PLAYISM*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: Ubuntu Processor: SSE2 instruction set support or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater Storage: 7 GB available space *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: Mac OS X 10.8 32bit Processor: 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 or greater Storage: 7 GB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 64*
- Name
- The Silver Case*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ or newer Processor: SSE2 instruction set support or greater Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 7 GB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $19.99*
- Publishers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- Recommendations total
- 850*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 6, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English, Japanese*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- PLAYISM
- PLAYISM*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- Ubuntu*
- Processor alternatives
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.8 32bit*
- Processor alternatives
- 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Intel HD Graphics 5000 or greater*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP SP2+ or newer*
- Processor alternatives
- SSE2 instruction set support or greater*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) or greater*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0*
- Storage
- 7 GB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 6, 2016*
- Interface languages
- English*
- Japanese*
Specifications 5 · 17 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 8,301*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- moderate*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 9*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,016*
- Title
- The Silver Case*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 9*
- Community confidence
- moderate*
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