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Dad's Monster House

Cotton Game · 2021-09-23

SteamMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 08, 2022 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 29, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Dad's Monster House is a hand-drawn puzzle game featuring horror and fantasy. It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad.

Dad's Monster House is a 2021 Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 289 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 289 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2025-09-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 12 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820212026Week of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.042021-09-232026-10-092021-09-23 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-05-09 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-01-28 — best price $2.992023-04-18 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-02-15 — best price $2.992024-03-28 — best price $2.992024-05-04 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-10-23 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-02-09 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-04-30 — best price $2.992025-06-07 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-07-28 — best price $2.992025-09-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-17 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-02-27 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-21 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $5.992026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-10-02 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
88.3%
earned "不安的来电"
61%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)30560%21

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

Player tags

2DRPGDarkAnimeCasualHorrorPuzzleFantasySurrealHand-drawn

Census log

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

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