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Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face

2OO2 · 2024-10-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mr. Red Face, a fictional character created by adults to teach their children, suddenly becomes real..

Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 3086 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,604
twitch viewers (latest)
6604.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Bad Parenting 1: Mr. Red Face trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (343 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 62k–139k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,086 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-10-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33533520242026Week of 2024-10-09: 335 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 235 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
562Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 56 · peak 158Nov 2024 — avg 31 · peak 76Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 77Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 51Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DDarkRetro1990'sHorrorCartoonMysteryStylizedAdventureLore-Rich

Census log

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

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