The Incident at Galley House
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The Incident at Galley House

In 1936, something terrible happened at Galley House. Decades later, with a strange contraption that reveals echoes of the past, you must uncover the truth behind this grisly mystery.

DEV: William Rous, Evil Trout Inc.PUB: Evil Trout Inc.AppID 3641000
UPDATE PULSEevery ~2d·last 67d ago·6 recent on record

Is The Incident at Galley House still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

95.6
Excellent

Elixir Rating

94.1% of 4,364 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 93.3. The developers have shipped 1 substantial update in the past six months, adding 2.3.

reception 93.3·support +2.3·Excellent

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$15.99$19.99−20%

Development

Actively supported

Last heard from developers

8 days ago

Usual rhythm

every ~5 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

1

Current silence

within normal range

The developers post roughly every 5 days and were last heard 8 days ago — within their normal range. 1 substantial update landed in the past six months, 1 of them major. It is currently 20% below its usual price.

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Our coverage

1 dispatch written from this game’s announcements

releaseAug 26, 2026

The Incident at Galley House Launches on Steam with Launch-Week Discount

Evil Trout Inc. has released The Incident at Galley House on Steam, a title rooted in the studio's prior work on The Roottrees are Dead.

The game is adapted from Type Help, described in the announcement as a critically acclaimed text game. Set in 1936, it centers on a visit to Galley House and involves experimenting with a strange machine to uncover what occurred on a particular night.

What's available at launch

  • The game is out now via Steam (AppID 3641000)
  • A 10% discount is in effect for launch week
  • A selection of bundles with other games is available alongside the release

The announcement offers little further detail on mechanics or scope, so the picture remains partial — but for players who followed The Roottrees are Dead or the original Type Help, this release marks the studio's next step in the same investigative tradition.

Two years of development

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12 announcements · 1 substantial · 20 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

12 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsSep 25, 2026
Untitled

The Incident at Galley House has been nominated for a Golden Joystick Award for Best Indie Game - Self Published. If you liked the game, please consider voting for us here: https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/ - we really apprec…

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Important Patch

- There was a regression in the previous update that prevented you from viewing the ending of the game. It's fixed, super sorry about that!

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Update Notes for July 28, 2026

- Fixes to OpenGL Renderer to make the game render better - AMD RX 5700 XT cards now default to OpenGL Renderer for stability - Added some hints and text changes for late game puzzles - Added a new sound to a scene - Make it more obvious yo…

Community AnnouncementsJul 28, 2026
Building Galley House

It's been two weeks since we launched The Incident at Galley House and the reception has been incredible. We'd love to thank everyone who supported us, either by giving us a review, sharing the game with a friend or streaming it online. You…

Community AnnouncementsJul 20, 2026
Update Notes for July 20, 2026

- Fixes a bug where an important hint could come out of order - Fixed a bug where navigation by keyboard could break if you were focused on a text field - Fixed a bug where dragging via mouse could be disabled if you hit the Enter key - Fix…

Community AnnouncementsJul 18, 2026
Update Notes for July 18, 2026

- Fixes an issue where voices could come through as beeps when using a headset - Better support for diacritics in non-English languages - Better keyboard support in non-English languages - Minor fixes to localizations - Fixes an issue where…

Community AnnouncementsJul 17, 2026
Update Notes for July 17, 2026

- Add a popup with link to support website if the game doesn't close properly - Fixes an issue where if the game crashed during a cinematic you might not see it again when you reload the game. - Minor improvements to Japanese and Simplified…

Community AnnouncementsJul 15, 2026
Update Notes for July 15, 206

Thanks for all the feedback about our game! Today we have a small patch that fixes a handful of issues: - Minor improvements to the Chinese translation - Hint System fixes - An issue where saved lines in the notebook showed incorrectly - Ch…

Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2026
Minor Fixes

This patch attempts to fix an issue where the game says that it couldn't connect to steam. In case it still can't, it will output a more detailed message which hopefully will help us debug the issue.

Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2026
The Incident at Galley House is out now!

We've just released The Incident at Galley House!The Incident at Galley House is based on the critically acclaimed text game Type Help, and was made by the team behind The Roottrees are Dead.It's time to drive up to Galley House, experiment…

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Community AnnouncementsJun 10, 2026
The Incident at Galley House is coming out July 14, 2026!

We just released a full trailer for The Incident at Galley House, which includes our release date: July 14, 2026.We can't wait for you to visit Galley House and learn all of its secrets. This project has been an absolutely joy to work on, a…

Community AnnouncementsMar 23, 2026
Anatomy of a Room

We just published a blog post explaining how we create the background art in The Incident at Galley House. Check it out!https://eviltrout.com/blog/2026-03-23-anatomy-of-a-room/