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CALENDULA

Blooming Buds Studio · 2016-02-02

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2016 (Mac)

How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 363 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 41% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.1k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 363 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2017-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.392016-02-022026-01-052016-02-02 — best price $5.942016-02-09 — best price $6.992016-05-16 — best price $4.892016-05-23 — best price $6.992016-06-24 — best price $4.192016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-08-23 — best price $4.892016-08-30 — best price $6.992016-10-28 — best price $2.932016-11-01 — best price $6.992016-11-24 — best price $2.932016-11-29 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $2.932017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-01-12 — best price $3.492017-01-26 — best price $6.992017-04-24 — best price $2.932017-05-01 — best price $6.992017-06-23 — best price $1.952017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-10-26 — best price $1.392017-11-01 — best price $6.992017-12-22 — best price $1.392018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-02-18 — best price $1.392018-02-19 — best price $6.992018-06-23 — best price $2.092018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-21 — best price $1.392018-11-28 — best price $6.992018-12-20 — best price $1.392019-01-04 — best price $6.992019-10-28 — best price $2.092019-11-01 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $2.092019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $2.092021-01-05 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieHorrorPuzzleSurrealPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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