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Fall of Porcupine

Critical Rabbit · Assemble Entertainment · 2023-06-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 15, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 15, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 15, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 15, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 15, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

A pidgeon-doctor in a small town. A broken healthcare system. A heartfelt narrative game. Fall of Porcupine tells an emotional story about a young doctor who struggles to find his place. Accompany Finley in a lovingly illustrated world and uncover the darkest secrets of Porcupine.

Fall of Porcupine is a 2023 Adventure and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 733 reviews).

7
playing now
77%
positive of 733 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.95★
PlayStation Store rating (648 ratings)
7h
to beat · completionist 10h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Fall of Porcupine is an adventure video game developed by Critical Rabbit. Players control a young physician in a new town. Assemble Entertainment published it for Windows, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X/S, and Switch in June 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 733 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.35 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 98 of 139 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
939320232026Week of 2023-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1602026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
392Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 39 · peak 139Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992023-06-152026-10-142023-06-15 — best price $13.992023-08-01 — best price $19.992023-09-25 — best price $13.992023-11-08 — best price $11.992023-12-15 — best price $13.992024-01-16 — best price $10.992024-03-04 — best price $9.992024-04-12 — best price $19.992024-05-19 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $19.992024-11-14 — best price $9.992024-12-11 — best price $9.992025-01-18 — best price $7.992025-02-23 — best price $6.792025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-04-22 — best price $19.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $3.822025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-26 — best price $4.002026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-04-07 — best price $3.992026-05-07 — best price $3.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-07-23 — best price $19.992026-08-16 — best price $3.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-09-11 — best price $3.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2212026-05-17 — 7 pageviews2026-05-21 — 6 pageviews2026-05-25 — 17 pageviews2026-05-29 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 18 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-12 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
78%
earned "Was it a dream?"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4598%19
PS5 (PlayStation)19330%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)944%19
PS4 (PlayStation)5522%20
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieLinearAdventureEmotionalNarrationControllerHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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