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Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End

etherane · 2018-01-04

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"All ended well.There was nothing to grieve about." A farewell, and a greeting.

Hello Charlotte EP3: Childhood's End is a 2018 Indie RPG priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 3458 reviews).

4
playing now
98%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Charlotte's story has ended. Charlotte's story has begun. A prologue. An epilogue. An end. A beginning. Hello Charlotte: Childhood's End is the final story in the Hello Charlotte series, serving as a prologue and an epilogue to the main plot. A prosumer noise machine, a virulent insect, an obscene revelation — and an earnest thank you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 523 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 86k–207k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,458 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-09-15 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 44Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 38Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$1.492018-01-052021-02-152018-01-05 — best price $2.692018-01-11 — best price $2.992018-04-23 — best price $2.692018-04-30 — best price $2.992018-06-21 — best price $2.092018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-10-29 — best price $2.692018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $2.092018-11-28 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $1.792019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $1.942019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-03-04 — best price $2.092019-03-11 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $2.392019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-10-28 — best price $2.092019-11-01 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $1.642019-12-03 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-05-04 — best price $2.092020-05-11 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-10-30 — best price $1.492020-11-02 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $1.792021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-13 — best price $1.492021-02-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
59.1%
earned "Ether Solutions Has a Solution For You"
43.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGGoreAnimeIndieHorrorViolentRPGMakerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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