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A Juggler's Tale

kaleidoscube · Assemble Entertainment · 2021-09-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 29, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 29, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 29, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 29, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?

92%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 2.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Come in, come in! In the mood for a story, are we?" Abby is an artiste held captive at a circus: She spends her days entertaining the audience and her nights in a cage, longing for freedom. One day, she escapes the circus and gets to explore a mystical world. Alas, freedom comes at a cost and Abby soon finds herself dragged into the dangers this world has to offer: In a war-torn, medieval fairytale, surrounded by ravaged, starving citizens and hunted by the relentless cut-throat Tonda, Abby has to cross raging rivers, make it through bandit camps and around traps. Her (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 178 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.79-90%
GOG$2.69-85%
Humble Store$2.69-85%
GOG$2.69-85%
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.20 at GamesPlanet DE (2026-07-31) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 82 of 131 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10110120212026Week of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$1.662021-09-292026-08-302021-09-29 — best price $16.192022-01-27 — best price $11.692022-05-19 — best price $12.592022-10-31 — best price $17.992023-01-12 — best price $8.992023-03-06 — best price $7.192023-04-18 — best price $17.992023-05-23 — best price $17.992023-07-20 — best price $5.392023-09-10 — best price $17.992023-11-01 — best price $4.492023-12-12 — best price $17.992024-02-06 — best price $17.992024-03-28 — best price $3.242024-05-29 — best price $17.992024-07-30 — best price $3.242024-08-26 — best price $3.592024-11-04 — best price $3.592024-12-04 — best price $17.992025-01-18 — best price $17.992025-03-04 — best price $17.992025-04-18 — best price $17.992025-06-09 — best price $3.242025-07-29 — best price $17.992025-09-23 — best price $17.992025-10-28 — best price $3.592025-12-18 — best price $2.692026-02-09 — best price $2.692026-03-30 — best price $2.692026-05-16 — best price $17.992026-06-26 — best price $2.702026-08-10 — best price $2.282026-08-27 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
77.7%
earned "On to adventure"
37.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,01243%18
Xbox One (Xbox)1,10956%18
PS5 (PlayStation)81358%18
PS4 (PlayStation)33165%18
PS4 (PlayStation)11263%18

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2.5DIndieShortFantasyPhysicsMedievalAdventureNarrationPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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