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C. Kane cover art

C. Kane

Super Walrus Games · 2016-01-25

Steam

IndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 25, 2016 (Mac), Jan 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 25, 2016 (Linux)

An old-school, satirical game in the vein of classic Japanese console RPGs. Features talking beavers and Media Moguls.

C. Kane is a free-to-play Indie, RPG and Free To Play game released in 2016, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 76 reviews).

1
playing now
90%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-09-15) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.002016-01-262021-01-162016-01-26 — best price $1.192016-03-28 — best price $0.992016-04-12 — best price $0.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-08-02 — best price $0.992016-09-15 — best price $0.492016-11-23 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-01-23 — best price $0.492017-03-27 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-08-28 — best price $0.992017-10-02 — best price $0.992017-11-01 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-01-31 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-04-01 — best price $0.992019-05-20 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-08-12 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $0.992020-04-24 — best price $0.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
18.1%
earned "I miss the Earth so much"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGNoirFunnyCasualComedyRomanceCartoonyTurn-Based

Census log

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

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