The Game Census
Howdy, Jacob! cover art

Howdy, Jacob!

SeedBolt Studios LLC · 2020-12-17

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2020 (Mac)

A dystopian find the hidden object game with full-motion video of puppets. Come spend some time with the chaotic crew of the "Laughsail!" television show, and make sure to eat your broccoli.

86%
positive of 74 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 45,157 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-06-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920202026Week of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992020-12-172025-10-062020-12-17 — best price $8.992020-12-24 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $6.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $4.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-07 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-08-01 — best price $1.992022-08-08 — best price $4.992022-09-26 — best price $1.992022-10-03 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-05-01 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-08-07 — best price $0.992023-08-14 — best price $4.992023-09-18 — best price $1.242023-09-25 — best price $4.992023-10-25 — best price $3.042023-11-01 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $1.242023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FMVCuteFunnyCasualPuzzleCartoonyColorfulLore-RichDark HumorDystopian

Census log

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

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