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Frycandle · 2020-11-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 25, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Satirical, short and simple point-and-click "simulation" game about the meaninglessness of life.

66%
positive of 139 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 14,989 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 139 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2024-11-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.192020-11-262026-07-092020-11-26 — best price $7.992020-12-03 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-02-22 — best price $9.992021-06-26 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-09-03 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $1.612023-03-23 — best price $5.992024-11-08 — best price $1.192024-11-11 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $1.192026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
98.1%
earned "Effortless"
25%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Dutch, Spanish - Spain, Greek, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DIndieSatireLife SimNarrationNarrativeDark HumorExperienceSimulationExperimental

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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