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Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) cover art

Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)

Popcannibal · 2019-09-12

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 12, 2019 (Mac), Sep 12, 2019 (Linux), Sep 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A game about writing nice letters to real people. Write and receive encouraging letters in a cozy room. Trade stickers and listen to chill music. We're all in this together. Sometimes all you need are a few kind words.

5
playing now
98%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) is a 2019 casual video game developed by American indie developer Popcannibal, consisting of programmer and designer Ziba Scott and artist Luigi Guatieri. The game was first released as a Humble Bundle Original in July 2019, and was released on Steam in September 2019. In the game, the player can send and request letters to and from other players anonymously over the internet, while lo-fi music plays in the background.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (590 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 224k–539k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,975 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Humble Store (2020-08-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58558520192026Week of 2019-09-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-08-07 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.742019-09-132026-08-242019-09-13 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-03-22 — best price $4.992020-04-06 — best price $4.992020-06-02 — best price $4.992020-08-31 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-29 — best price $4.992021-03-26 — best price $3.992021-04-30 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-09 — best price $4.992021-12-04 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $3.992022-06-24 — best price $3.992022-11-04 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-06-30 — best price $3.992023-09-01 — best price $3.992023-10-18 — best price $4.492023-12-22 — best price $3.992024-04-11 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-05-19 — best price $3.992025-10-01 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-24 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2712026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 23 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CozyCuteIndieMusicCasualColorfulRelaxingEmotionalWholesomeExperience

Census log

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

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