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Little Dragons Café cover art

Little Dragons Café

Aksys Games · 2018-11-15

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 30, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 21, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Little Dragons Café opens with a twin brother and sister learning to cook and manage a small café with their mother. All was routine until one morning when the twins discover that their mother won’t wake up. Suddenly a strange old man appears and tells them that they must raise a dragon to save her.

59%
positive of 116 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
61/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$17.99
steam price (US)

The story begins with a twin brother and sister running a small café with their mother. All was peaceful and routine until one morning the twins discovered that their mother fell into a deep sleep and wouldn’t wake up. Suddenly, an old wizard appears and tells the twins that their mother is gravely ill and that they must raise a dragon in order to save her. Working together with their three quirky staff members (waiter, waitress, and chef), the two siblings must raise a dragon and manage the family business while at the same time discover what is causing their mother’s illness and find a cure(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (11 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 24,964 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 116 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.09-77%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 53 of 75 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$8.992018-11-152026-10-012018-11-15 — best price $47.992019-07-17 — best price $18.002019-11-27 — best price $13.502020-03-26 — best price $53.992020-06-12 — best price $50.282020-07-22 — best price $59.992020-09-16 — best price $53.992020-10-19 — best price $53.992020-12-03 — best price $59.992021-01-25 — best price $59.992021-03-24 — best price $50.882021-04-28 — best price $59.992021-06-25 — best price $13.492021-10-05 — best price $50.882021-12-11 — best price $59.992022-02-24 — best price $59.992022-06-02 — best price $59.992022-09-12 — best price $15.592022-12-05 — best price $13.492023-03-24 — best price $44.092023-07-17 — best price $14.032023-11-16 — best price $47.892024-02-05 — best price $14.402024-05-19 — best price $44.092024-09-02 — best price $59.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-03-13 — best price $9.002025-07-11 — best price $47.892025-10-20 — best price $59.992026-01-12 — best price $9.002026-04-27 — best price $9.602026-07-27 — best price $59.992026-10-01 — best price $14.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
76.8%
earned "Pappy and Dragon"
9.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

RPGCuteAnimeDragonsAdventureManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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