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Cave Story's Secret Santa

Nicalis, Inc. · 2021-12-09

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Auditory

Releases: Dec 10, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every house and return the missing packages. Be the Mimiga Who Saves Christmas!

84%
positive of 836 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
60/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
0.8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every home and return the missing packages. As he tiptoes past the beds of sleeping residents and avoids being seen by patrolling Gaudi, Santa finds useful items, eats delicious cookies and places the gifts under the Christmas trees where they belong. Santa can push or pull obstacles, turn light switches on and off, pry open ventilator shafts and more. But he'll have to watch out for hazards and avoid making any noises that might attract attention. Get Cave Story's Secret Sa(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (303 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 22,484 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

10
achievements tracked
23.4%
earned "I Feel Asleep"
11.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)90544%10
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.