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Hidden Paws Mystery

Manic Hyena · 2018-12-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 30, 2024 (Xbox One)

What is this cat doing here? And where are his friends? Explore strange and beautiful islands to find all the little kittens hidden there.

Hidden Paws Mystery is a $4.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 326 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 326 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3.42★
PlayStation Store rating (166 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,485 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.2k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 326 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 17 of 25 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992018-12-192026-10-152018-12-19 — best price $4.492019-03-11 — best price $4.992019-07-22 — best price $4.242019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $3.492020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-01 — best price $3.992020-07-27 — best price $4.992020-11-09 — best price $3.742021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-03-08 — best price $3.492021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $2.742022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-08-22 — best price $2.492022-11-07 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.742023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-08-05 — best price $2.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-13 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-05-19 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $1.242025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-05-18 — best price $1.792026-07-20 — best price $4.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-10-15 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "Meow"
44.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, German…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59672%15
PS5 (PlayStation)50155%15
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)34862%15
PS4 (PlayStation)25561%15
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

CatsCuteIndieCasualHorrorPuzzleFantasyMysteryColorfulRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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