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Critter Café cover art

Critter Café

Sumo Digital · Secret Mode · 2024-11-26

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 26, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to your Critter Café! Rescue and bond with adorable, fantasy critters in need of your help and build a new home together. Design and run your own café, care for your critters, uncover the secrets of mysterious portals, and create a wholesome café for all to enjoy!

75%
positive of 314 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (48 reviews).
  • · Top 48% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.3k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 314 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at Newegg (2026-07-31) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 115 of 155 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920242026Week of 2024-11-26: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.502024-11-192026-08-172024-11-19 — best price $19.992024-11-30 — best price $17.992024-12-08 — best price $16.412025-01-09 — best price $16.292025-03-24 — best price $9.992025-04-18 — best price $9.592025-04-29 — best price $9.992025-05-07 — best price $19.992025-05-31 — best price $12.992025-06-09 — best price $16.572025-06-30 — best price $5.812025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-08-15 — best price $6.522025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-10-02 — best price $6.392025-10-23 — best price $6.792025-11-14 — best price $17.882025-11-25 — best price $4.392025-12-17 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $14.392026-01-24 — best price $5.002026-02-14 — best price $17.882026-03-05 — best price $2.992026-03-25 — best price $19.792026-04-10 — best price $3.992026-04-24 — best price $4.662026-05-23 — best price $5.002026-06-10 — best price $2.992026-06-30 — best price $4.642026-07-16 — best price $4.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
95%
earned "Spruce it up"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17913%29
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeFunnyCasualLGBTQ+PuzzleColorfulLife SimRelaxingManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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