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Cures & Curios

Skull Tree · DigiPen Institute of Technology · 2019-08-27

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: May 15, 2017 (SteamVR)

Cures & Curios is a virtual reality game for the HTC Vive. In the game, the player works in a medicine show cart in the Weird Old West, full of ingredients and tools. Players will concoct potions and elixirs, barter and trade with customers, and perform acts of magic.

Cures & Curios is a free-to-play Casual game released in 2019, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Positive sentiment based on 83% of 23 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

83%
positive of 23 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 29,108 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192025Week of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

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