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Cardinal Cross

LarkyLabs · 2018-07-09

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 27, 2020 (Mac), Dec 27, 2020 (Linux)

When small-time Raider Scavenger Lana Brice meets her mysterious client, her life takes a wrong turn in the worst way possible. Cardinal Cross cannot be stopped… But will Lana emerge as hero or villain?

Cardinal Cross is a Casual and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 184 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 184 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

We are Raiders Divided, autonomous, uninvited Misery is our neighbor Pain, our kin When small-time Raider Scavenger Lana Brice meets her mysterious client, she has a sudden realization: her life just took a very wrong turn in the worst way possible. A storm is brewing... Being forced to join a stranger's fight raises a mess of complex feelings in Lana. Generations of oppression and injustice, the bittersweet bonds of family and the pull of ethics: it’s a brooding volcano that threatens to erupt. Cardinal Cross cannot be stopped... But will Lana’s careless adventure spark a Galactic disast(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
111Mar 2018Dec 2023Mar 2018 — avg 8 · peak 61May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 11 · peak 56Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$2.992018-03-222024-01-042018-03-22 — best price $7.992018-07-09 — best price $11.992018-10-30 — best price $7.312018-11-01 — best price $11.992018-11-22 — best price $7.192018-11-27 — best price $11.992018-12-20 — best price $6.592019-01-04 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $7.192019-02-11 — best price $11.992019-06-26 — best price $5.992019-07-09 — best price $11.992019-10-28 — best price $7.432019-11-01 — best price $11.992019-11-26 — best price $7.192019-12-03 — best price $11.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-03-03 — best price $5.992020-03-06 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $11.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $11.992023-08-07 — best price $5.992023-08-14 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $7.192023-11-28 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $4.192024-01-04 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
64%
earned "It's Mine, All Mine!"
27.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieOtomeCasualLGBTQ+Sci-fiRomanceCyberpunkStory RichVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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