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Cape Hideous

Jake Clover · Nonsense Machine · 2024-10-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Amongst the motliest of all crews, an enigmatic woman prepares the ship to enter an intense thunderstorm raging in the middle of the ocean. What otherworldly mysteries lie within?

98%
positive of 273 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 273 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-06-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120242026Week of 2024-10-25: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.99$1.492024-10-252026-07-092024-10-25 — best price $5.392024-11-08 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.392024-12-04 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.392025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-02-19 — best price $2.992025-02-26 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.392025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-19 — best price $1.492026-03-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-05-18 — best price $2.992026-05-25 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
86%
earned "Story Complete"
51.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11418%7

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

Player tags

2DMagicCasualLinearMysteryPiratesSurrealColorfulStylizedAdventure

Census log

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

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