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Crying Pony

CreSpirit · 2023-04-19

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Crying Pony is a 2D side-scrolling horror game where the protagonist, Michael, is hunted by the lurking evil in his nightmares. As the nightmare's corruption seeps into reality and even pulls Michael's daughter into its grasp, will he be able to lead them both to escape from the nightmare?

Crying Pony is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2023, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $8.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 56 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 56 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620232026Week of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$3.592023-04-192026-08-262023-04-19 — best price $8.092023-08-07 — best price $8.092023-10-26 — best price $7.192023-11-21 — best price $7.192023-12-21 — best price $7.192024-01-27 — best price $6.742024-03-14 — best price $6.292024-04-22 — best price $6.292024-06-27 — best price $5.392024-10-28 — best price $4.492024-11-27 — best price $4.492024-12-20 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-04-02 — best price $6.292025-05-26 — best price $6.292025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-07-27 — best price $5.392025-09-07 — best price $5.392025-09-29 — best price $4.492025-10-27 — best price $4.042025-12-18 — best price $4.042026-02-12 — best price $4.492026-03-19 — best price $3.592026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-08-19 — best price $5.392026-08-26 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
88.7%
earned "The Nightmare Begins"
55.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian

Player tags

DarkNoir1990'sHorrorPuzzleStylizedThrillerAdventureHand-drawnAtmospheric

Census log

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

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