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a pet shop after dark cover art

a pet shop after dark

npckc · 2022-08-30

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 30, 2022 (Mac), Aug 30, 2022 (Linux), Aug 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

PETSITTER WANTED. A horror point-and-click adventure game. Water the plants, feed the pets, and DON'T turn off the lights.

a pet shop after dark is a 2022 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 404 reviews) sentiment.

2
playing now
89%
positive of 404 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (154 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 404 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 64 of 88 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13513520222026Week of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$7.492022-08-302026-10-142022-08-30 — best price $8.992023-03-16 — best price $8.492023-10-25 — best price $8.992023-12-13 — best price $7.992024-02-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-08 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-09-18 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-01-16 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-05-30 — best price $9.992025-08-07 — best price $7.992025-09-23 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $8.492025-11-06 — best price $8.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-04-15 — best price $7.492026-05-25 — best price $7.492026-07-17 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $7.492026-09-04 — best price $7.492026-09-10 — best price $7.492026-09-16 — best price $7.492026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $7.492026-10-04 — best price $7.492026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "(JOB)"
63%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, French, Italian, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-08-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14769%6

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

Player tags

2DCuteDarkCasualHorrorPuzzleCartoonyAtmosphericVisual NovelHidden Object

Census log

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

Recent updates

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