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Cage of Roses

ebi-hime · Two and a Half Studios · 2025-02-16

Steam

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 16, 2025 (Mac), Feb 16, 2025 (Linux), Feb 16, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A haunting gothic romance set in the 19th century. Follow Meike, a young woman from an impoverished noble family, as she’s swept off her feet by the mysterious Magdalena: a vampire who possesses a dark secret.

Cage of Roses is a $9.74 Indie, RPG and Simulation game released in 2025, with Very Positive sentiment from 89% of 205 reviews and an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners.

89%
positive of 211 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.74
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.2k–9.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 211 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720252026Week of 2025-02-17: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$9.742025-02-172026-08-242025-02-17 — best price $12.992025-05-26 — best price $11.692025-06-02 — best price $12.992025-06-27 — best price $11.042025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-09-24 — best price $10.392025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-18 — best price $10.392026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-13 — best price $10.392026-02-20 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $10.392026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-05-11 — best price $10.392026-05-18 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $10.392026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-24 — best price $9.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
55.7%
earned "The Night That Never Ended"
35.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-02-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4365%13

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

Player tags

DarkAnimeGothicLGBTQ+MysteryRomanceVampireEmotionalHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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