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Cauldron

SleepyDad Games · Caketown Interactive · 2025-05-21

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 21, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Cauldron is an upgrade-heavy, minigame-centric, turn-based RPG. Play minigames to strengthen your party, then win battles to uncover more map, more heroes, more minigames, more everything! If your favorite plant is an upgrade tree, then this game is for you!

Cauldron is an Adventure, Casual, Indie and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1709 reviews).

34
playing now
93%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (241 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.39-17%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.65 at GameBillet (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 53 of 81 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120252026Week of 2025-05-21: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

65252026-08-15 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 63 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 65 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 38 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 49 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 58 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 50 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 62 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 38 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 31 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 38 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$6.192025-05-212026-08-172025-05-21 — best price $13.492025-07-05 — best price $14.992025-07-09 — best price $14.992025-08-07 — best price $11.992025-09-15 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $14.992025-11-26 — best price $14.992025-12-03 — best price $11.692025-12-08 — best price $14.992025-12-17 — best price $13.932026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-13 — best price $7.492026-02-13 — best price $7.492026-03-13 — best price $7.502026-04-05 — best price $11.692026-04-21 — best price $13.392026-04-28 — best price $7.502026-05-01 — best price $7.502026-05-04 — best price $7.502026-05-07 — best price $6.352026-05-11 — best price $11.692026-05-20 — best price $14.992026-05-23 — best price $7.502026-06-07 — best price $12.592026-06-26 — best price $6.652026-07-17 — best price $12.592026-07-22 — best price $7.502026-07-27 — best price $12.592026-08-10 — best price $7.492026-08-16 — best price $11.692026-08-17 — best price $12.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
99.5%
earned "So it Begins"
33.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSave Anytime1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,74313%100
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIdlerMagicRetroCasualFantasyColorfulAdventureMinigames

Census log

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

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