The Game Census
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Cellar

Vertical Skull Games · 2016-03-23

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2016 (Linux)

Short arcade game with handcrafted pixel art graphics. You play as Lily who traverses the dark corners of the basement under her house in search of her lost teddy bear. Inspired by some of the greatest fears from our childhood.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 222 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 222 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120162026Week of 2016-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.392016-02-132026-07-092016-02-13 — best price $0.702016-05-23 — best price $0.692016-07-04 — best price $0.992016-11-23 — best price $0.492016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-03-30 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-11-01 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-02-12 — best price $0.992019-04-10 — best price $3.992019-06-25 — best price $2.792019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-03-24 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-03-28 — best price $0.992022-09-05 — best price $0.522022-11-29 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-11-03 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
5.7%
earned "Amateur Toy Hunter"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Swedish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55614%15
Steam (Steam)70%16

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyActionArcadeCasualHorrorLinearTop-DownController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.