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Desktop Pet Project

Alterran Rumble · 2023-10-26

Steam

CasualIndieRPGSimulationSports

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Elevate your PC experience with charming desktop pets. Inspired by such a wonderful invention as Shimeji, Desktop Pet Project has tried to collect the most interesting and curious mechanics. You can summon up to two pets that will have slight personalities in behavior.

82%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 16,430 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.97 at Steam (2023-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$1.972023-10-262026-07-092023-10-26 — best price $1.972023-12-02 — best price $2.392023-12-22 — best price $2.392024-01-24 — best price $2.392024-03-01 — best price $2.392024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-04-15 — best price $2.392024-05-29 — best price $2.392024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-07-15 — best price $2.392024-08-30 — best price $2.392024-10-26 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-20 — best price $2.392025-03-13 — best price $2.392025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-11-10 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian

Player tags

2DPvECatsCuteIdlerCasualLife SimRelaxingSoftwareEmotional

Census log

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

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