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Bright Paw: Definitive Edition

Radical Forge · 2020-08-31

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2020 (Mac), Sep 01, 2020 (Android), Sep 01, 2020 (iOS)

Murder, mystery, puzzles and cats.

77%
positive of 136 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Bright Paw is a premium narrative puzzle game, in which you play as Theo, the cat of a typically British Supervillain who has just been murdered. Bright Paw offers a casual puzzle experience using interesting mechanics with an engaging narrative to draw the player into the world. The game has a focus on exploring the world while chasing the killer, shifting to a darker and more personal tone halfway through, introducing mechanics every few levels(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 14,126 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 136 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Epic Game Store (2024-02-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920202026Week of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSteam Input API SupportSubtitle OptionsSteam Cloud1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

3DCatsCuteCrimeLinearPuzzleMysteryStrategyAdventureNarration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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