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Carton

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.

Carton is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2016, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 137 reviews).

2
playing now
67%
positive of 137 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 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 34% of 27,727 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.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 18 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (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

902026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1050Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 160Jan 2022 — avg 28 · peak 205Mar 2022 — avg 60 · peak 621May 2022 — avg 47 · peak 1,063Jul 2022 — avg 70 · peak 730Sep 2022 — avg 21 · peak 881Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 16Jan 2023 — avg 25 · peak 961Mar 2023 — avg 12 · peak 46May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 65Jul 2023 — avg 55 · peak 203Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.492016-10-032026-10-122016-10-03 — 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 $1.492026-10-12 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieActionStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

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