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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)

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CALENDULA is an Indie title released in 2016, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 363 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 363 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,566 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
808020162026Week of 2016-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "Gladly received"
35.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48425%8

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

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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