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JARS cover art

JARS

Mousetrap Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2021-10-20

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2021 (Mac), Oct 20, 2021 (Linux)

JARS is a strategy game featuring puzzles and elements of tower defense. Join Victor in his spooky yet endearing world and prepare for a quest to uncover the secrets of his family’s basement. Will you save the world or get grounded by mother?

67%
positive of 183 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 27,363 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.95-92%
GOG$1.79-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.73 at GameBillet (2025-10-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 118 of 166 observed days · $0.22 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520212026Week of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$0.822021-10-192026-09-162021-10-19 — best price $10.192021-12-22 — best price $8.392022-02-21 — best price $11.992022-04-16 — best price $8.812022-06-06 — best price $5.992022-07-28 — best price $11.992022-09-13 — best price $8.812022-11-02 — best price $11.992022-12-11 — best price $9.492023-02-16 — best price $3.952023-04-18 — best price $9.492023-06-10 — best price $9.492023-08-07 — best price $2.782023-10-16 — best price $2.992023-12-04 — best price $1.792024-01-23 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $1.192024-04-30 — best price $1.192024-06-11 — best price $1.192024-08-05 — best price $1.192024-09-28 — best price $0.972024-11-01 — best price $0.902024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-05-06 — best price $1.192025-07-12 — best price $11.992025-08-23 — best price $1.192025-10-06 — best price $1.202025-11-22 — best price $0.862026-01-13 — best price $9.492026-03-11 — best price $1.192026-05-07 — best price $1.192026-07-10 — best price $1.192026-09-03 — best price $1.192026-09-16 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
59.3%
earned "The child of the night"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DMagicComedyHorrorPuzzleCartoonyStrategyDark HumorHand-drawnDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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