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Carto

Sunhead Games · Balor Games · 2020-10-27

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AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2020 (Mac), Oct 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 27, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Carto is a charming adventure game wrapped around a unique, world-altering puzzle mechanic. Use this power to explore mysterious lands, help a quirky cast of characters, and guide Carto on her journey back to her family.

14
playing now
96%
positive of 9.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (38 ratings)
6.5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Carto is a puzzle adventure game developed by Sunhead Games and published by Humble Games in 2020. It was released in October for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The console versions of the game received generally positive reviews, whereas the Windows version received a mixed reception.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 14 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 337 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 187k–421k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.89-21%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.66 at GameBillet (2023-12-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 63 of 94 observed days · $1.33 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69269220202026Week of 2020-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2122026-08-11 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 14 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.13$4.462020-10-212026-08-302020-10-21 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-22 — best price $14.992021-06-28 — best price $19.992021-08-18 — best price $13.992021-10-25 — best price $11.992021-12-09 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $21.132022-05-06 — best price $9.992022-06-10 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $9.992022-09-07 — best price $9.992022-10-20 — best price $17.992022-11-23 — best price $9.992023-01-06 — best price $15.982023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-04-01 — best price $19.992023-05-14 — best price $7.992023-07-16 — best price $19.992023-09-01 — best price $7.992023-10-30 — best price $7.992023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-02-06 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-05-10 — best price $6.002024-06-18 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $4.642024-10-27 — best price $5.992024-12-21 — best price $6.002025-02-12 — best price $5.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $5.992025-11-27 — best price $7.992026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $5.992026-06-02 — best price $15.892026-07-28 — best price $15.892026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1822026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-28 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 14 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
80.5%
earned "Set Sail"
32.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,14927%20
PS4 (PlayStation)6,48260%20
Steam (Steam)6,24025%20
Windows (Xbox)1,55247%20
Switch (Nintendo)590%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieNaturePuzzleColorfulRelaxingAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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