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DON'T GIVE UP: A Cynical Tale

Tristan Barona · 2019-09-16

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 16, 2019 (Mac), Sep 16, 2019 (Linux)

A comedic RPG about the cynical and hilarious realities of social interaction, personal growth, and confronting your inner demons.

85%
positive of 88 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 15,020 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120192024Week of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992019-09-162026-07-092019-09-16 — best price $8.992019-09-23 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-02-01 — best price $0.992020-02-15 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-24 — best price $7.992021-09-23 — best price $4.992021-09-30 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-09-15 — best price $4.992022-09-22 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-08 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-08-01 — best price $5.992023-08-15 — best price $9.992025-07-16 — best price $4.992025-07-23 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieRetroComedyAdventureReal-TimeDark HumorStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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