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Calepin Studio · SA Industry · 2016-10-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2016 (Mac), Oct 02, 2016 (Linux)

Enter a unique world where everything is made of cardboard, from the ground and trees to the characters themselves. Explore your own continent in search of the perfect place to build a town. Survive changing seasons and defend your settlement from nightly goblin attacks.

1
playing now
67%
positive of 137 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-03-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.492016-10-032026-07-232016-10-03 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-05-09 — best price $0.492021-07-10 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.492022-01-07 — best price $0.492022-03-11 — best price $0.492022-06-06 — best price $0.492022-07-18 — best price $0.492022-10-19 — best price $0.492022-11-30 — best price $0.492023-01-11 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-26 — best price $0.492023-09-18 — best price $0.492023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-08-25 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-18 — best price $1.492025-03-21 — best price $1.492025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-11-21 — best price $1.492026-02-19 — best price $1.492026-04-04 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-23 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieActionStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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