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Jolly Good: Cakes and Ale

Choice of Games · 2020-11-12

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (iOS), Nov 12, 2020 (Web browser), Nov 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2020 (Mac), Nov 12, 2020 (Linux), Nov 12, 2020 (Android)

Get yourself into and out of another fine mess! Win glory, renown, and much-needed money through cunning schemes that will seem like good ideas at the time.

96%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 48,223 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2020-11-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420202026Week of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$6.992020-11-122026-10-082020-11-12 — best price $6.992020-12-22 — best price $6.992021-02-11 — best price $6.992021-06-24 — best price $6.992021-10-26 — best price $6.992021-11-25 — best price $6.992021-12-23 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $6.992022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $7.912023-06-29 — best price $7.912023-11-21 — best price $7.912023-12-21 — best price $7.912024-03-14 — best price $7.912024-06-28 — best price $7.912024-11-27 — best price $7.912024-12-19 — best price $7.912025-03-13 — best price $7.912025-06-26 — best price $7.912025-10-01 — best price $7.912025-12-18 — best price $7.912026-03-19 — best price $7.912026-06-25 — best price $7.912026-10-01 — best price $7.912026-10-08 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-11-12 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGFunnyIndieComedyRomanceStory RichText-BasedConversationSingleplayerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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