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Cold Call

Moonbit · 2020-12-24

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

On Christmas Eve, Officer Frederick Hartwell believes he's on a routine call-out to settle a domestic dispute but gets more than he bargained for when he finds that the house is empty, it's unnaturally cold and something seems to be lurking in the darkness.

Cold Call is a $0.99 Indie and Strategy game released in 2020, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 97 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 98 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-12-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520202026Week of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DHorrorStealthSurvivalPlatformerStory RichExplorationSingleplayer2D PlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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