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Julian & Friends

JacksonG13 · JacksonGameStudios · 2025-01-03

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 03, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join Julian and his friends in this psychological horror experience inspired by point-n-click computer games from the early 2000s. Witness many shenanigans with characters from the infamous 98xx.

91%
positive of 328 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 328 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-11-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320252026Week of 2025-01-03: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$1.992025-01-032026-07-092025-01-03 — best price $2.392025-01-10 — best price $3.992025-11-14 — best price $1.992025-11-21 — best price $3.992025-12-19 — best price $2.392026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
46%
earned "Birthday Surprise"
25.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2737%19

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

Player tags

2DDarkComedyHorrorCartoonCartoonyColorfulCinematicLore-RichOld School

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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