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Cairn: Mathair's Curse

Ross McRitchie · 2025-10-09

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 09, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When an ancient conspiracy threatens the land of Albaness, only one boy and his dreams stand between his family and the end of the world.

90%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$19.99
steam price (US)

When an ancient evil is awoken by a most certainly odd cult, a boy must venture from his home to save his home (and also the world...).(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 72% of 13,661 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720252026Week of 2025-10-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.992025-10-092026-07-092025-10-09 — best price $17.992025-10-23 — best price $19.992025-11-27 — best price $15.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $14.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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