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Calico

Peachy Keen Games · Whitethorn Games · 2020-12-15

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CasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Google Stadia), Dec 15, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 15, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S)

Calico is a day-in-the-life community sim game where you are given an important and adorable task: rebuild the town’s cat café and fill it with cute and cuddly creatures! Build up your café by filling it with cute furniture, fun decorations, yummy pastries, and get it bustling with animals again!

7
playing now
87%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
44/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Calico is a life simulation game developed by Peachy Keen Games and published by Whitethorn Games and Maple Whispering. Players manage a cat café on a magical island. It is non-violent and features simple tasks. It was crowdfunded in 2019 and released for personal computers and various consoles in 2020. The game received mixed reviews, with much of the criticism being directed toward its bugs.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 120 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (366 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 101k–226k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,025 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.59-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.59-70%
Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at IndieGala Store (2026-04-09) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 123 of 173 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34034020202026Week of 2020-12-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-08-11 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$1.792020-12-152026-08-302020-12-15 — best price $11.992021-11-03 — best price $11.992022-02-03 — best price $11.992022-03-24 — best price $8.392022-07-03 — best price $7.792022-08-25 — best price $11.992022-11-14 — best price $7.192023-01-01 — best price $7.792023-03-13 — best price $6.232023-05-03 — best price $6.592023-06-14 — best price $11.992023-07-30 — best price $6.162023-09-15 — best price $6.712023-12-26 — best price $9.442024-02-14 — best price $8.032024-03-28 — best price $7.792024-05-21 — best price $11.992024-07-04 — best price $11.992024-08-15 — best price $5.992024-10-09 — best price $6.592024-11-19 — best price $5.992025-01-16 — best price $5.992025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-05-13 — best price $4.192025-07-16 — best price $3.592025-08-26 — best price $4.792025-10-15 — best price $4.192025-11-30 — best price $11.992026-01-12 — best price $3.062026-02-16 — best price $2.462026-03-24 — best price $9.442026-05-01 — best price $3.592026-06-14 — best price $11.992026-08-03 — best price $3.472026-08-30 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

16232026-05-30 — 162 pageviews2026-06-02 — 73 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-11 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-05 — 11 pageviews2026-07-08 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
68.7%
earned "Open for Business"
22.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportSave Anytime3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,24324%13
Xbox One (Xbox)2,63723%13
PS5 (PlayStation)7443%14
Switch (Nintendo)510%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1953%14
PS5 (PlayStation)560%14
PS4 (PlayStation)367%14
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

3DRPGCatsCuteIndieCasualLGBTQ+Life SimRelaxingOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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