The Game Census
Cinders cover art

Cinders

MoaCube · 2014-05-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Aug 26, 2020 (Xbox One), Aug 25, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 20, 2012 (Mac), Feb 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

Cinders is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with Very Positive reviews (87% of 796 reviews) and an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-29

87%
positive of 796 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)
Cinders is a visual novel video game based on the Cinderella story that was developed and published by Polish indie studio MoaCube for Windows and Mac OS X in 2012, Nintendo Switch in 2019, and PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2020. The game was developed and published by MoaCube.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 22,643 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 796 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-03-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 30 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-01-012026-09-292015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-09-11 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-09-22 — best price $19.992017-01-12 — best price $7.992017-09-25 — best price $5.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-09-07 — best price $9.992018-11-06 — best price $7.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-05 — best price $7.992019-11-08 — best price $6.792020-01-16 — best price $7.992020-03-16 — best price $3.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-06-28 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-05-29 — best price $19.992023-10-25 — best price $9.992024-01-24 — best price $19.992024-04-23 — best price $5.992024-08-06 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2802026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 16 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-14 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 13 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
71.7%
earned "Red Rose"
32.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-09-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,05334%8
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)26359%13
PS4 (PlayStation)23583%21
PS4 (PlayStation)19780%21
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieOtomeFantasyRomanceAdventureDating SimStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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