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Bye Sweet Carole cover art

Bye Sweet Carole

Little Sewing Machine · Maximum Entertainment · 2025-10-09

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 09, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 09, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 09, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 09, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Bye Sweet Carole is a narrative-horror adventure game completely hand-drawn in the style of classic animated films. Follow the trail of missing Carole Simmons and uncover the dark secrets hidden behind her disappearance from Bunny Hall orphanage.

72%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (316 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,207 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.49-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.49-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2026-08-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 47 of 73 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23823820252026Week of 2025-10-09: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.152025-10-092026-08-302025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-11-19 — best price $24.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $18.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-02-06 — best price $24.992026-03-04 — best price $17.492026-03-09 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $18.742026-03-27 — best price $18.692026-04-09 — best price $18.752026-04-13 — best price $17.492026-04-20 — best price $14.692026-04-25 — best price $24.992026-04-28 — best price $18.892026-05-06 — best price $17.492026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $24.992026-06-04 — best price $17.492026-06-14 — best price $24.992026-06-17 — best price $17.492026-06-25 — best price $13.742026-07-06 — best price $17.492026-07-09 — best price $17.492026-07-17 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $24.992026-07-24 — best price $17.492026-07-27 — best price $18.892026-08-01 — best price $12.492026-08-10 — best price $17.492026-08-12 — best price $17.492026-08-17 — best price $17.492026-08-23 — best price $24.992026-08-25 — best price $17.492026-08-28 — best price $17.492026-08-30 — best price $17.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "The Princess' Return"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)7637%34
Steam (Steam)4582%34
Xbox Series (Xbox)1491%34
Switch (Nintendo)430%0

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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