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Critters for Sale cover art

Critters for Sale

Sonoshee · 2021-06-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Jun 03, 2021 (Linux), Jun 03, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 03, 2021 (Mac)

Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Critters For Sale is a 2021 adventure video game by Moroccan independent developer Sonoshee. Described as "a hybrid between (a) point and click adventure and visual novel", the game is an episodic collection of five short stories unified by themes including "time travel, black magic and immortality".

Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 257 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–86k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,911 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15615620212026Week of 2021-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
91Jun 2021Jul 2026Jun 2021 — avg 9 · peak 51Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 4Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.992021-06-032026-07-092021-06-03 — best price $9.992021-07-19 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-08-14 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-10 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12972026-05-30 — 127 pageviews2026-06-03 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 27 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-27 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 53 pageviews2026-07-05 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 44 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-17 — 36 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 20 pageviews2026-07-29 — 24 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 18 pageviews2026-08-18 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 26 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 11 pageviews2026-09-15 — 18 pageviews2026-09-19 — 32 pageviews2026-09-23 — 35 pageviews2026-09-27 — 12 pageviews2026-10-01 — 28 pageviews2026-10-05 — 21 pageviews2026-10-08 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "SNAKE: Ending 3"
46.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,11439%18

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

Player tags

GoreNoirIndieActionSurrealViolentAdventureDark HumorStory RichPsychedelic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.