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Capes

Spitfire Interactive · Daedalic Entertainment · 2024-05-29

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 29, 2024 (Xbox One), May 29, 2024 (PlayStation 5), May 29, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 29, 2024 (Linux), May 29, 2024 (Mac), May 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Superheroes clash in this turn based strategy game. Recruit, train, and deploy your team in order to take back the city from the villains that hold it hostage.

Capes is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mixed (70% of 506 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 506 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
2
Nexus mods (123 downloads)
3.74★
PlayStation Store rating (261 ratings)
20h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 506 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$13.99-65%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.79 at Fanatical (2026-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 152 of 208 observed days · $3.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920242026Week of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
863Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 86 · peak 387Jul 2024 — avg 24 · peak 63Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 51Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 54Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$11.992024-05-232026-10-142024-05-23 — best price $39.992024-06-12 — best price $35.992024-07-30 — best price $33.302024-09-02 — best price $29.992024-09-26 — best price $39.992024-10-18 — best price $29.592024-10-30 — best price $22.202024-11-12 — best price $22.282024-11-26 — best price $29.992024-12-30 — best price $29.992025-03-05 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-04-26 — best price $33.172025-05-22 — best price $19.602025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-07-21 — best price $17.352025-08-11 — best price $19.552025-08-29 — best price $39.992025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $20.002025-11-21 — best price $16.272025-12-03 — best price $15.722026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-01-23 — best price $15.982026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-04-18 — best price $15.992026-05-07 — best price $15.992026-06-07 — best price $33.172026-06-26 — best price $12.772026-07-24 — best price $15.792026-08-15 — best price $32.492026-09-02 — best price $15.992026-09-14 — best price $39.992026-09-26 — best price $13.992026-10-08 — best price $13.992026-10-14 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
88.3%
earned "Sidekicks"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2472%46
PS5 (PlayStation)2267%47
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)751%46
PS4 (PlayStation)1233%47
PS4 (PlayStation)911%47
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

DarkSci-fiStrategyTacticalSuperheroComic BookDystopian Story RichClass-BasedDestruction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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