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Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼 cover art

Foster: Ghost Child | 養小鬼

Lsgamedev · 2022-08-04

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Foster: Ghost Child provides an atmospheric horror that incorporates East Asian elements rarely used in games. The game makes use of Chinese traditional elements to convey a distinct and frightful storyline that incorporates Taoism, Buddhism, and Chinese mythology.

44%
positive of 77 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (49 reviews).
  • · Top 49% of 34,302 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 77 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620222026Week of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DGoreIndieHorrorPuzzleViolentRealisticStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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