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Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD

Alasdair Beckett-King · Application Systems Heidelberg · 2019-05-22

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nelly Cootalot is the stupidly named pirate adventurer with a heart of gold. Uncover corruption and wanton punning in this HD revival of a classic freeware adventure game.

Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (91% of 202 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 202 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Nelly, fearsome pirate and lover of tiny and adorable creatures, is charged by the spirit of a dead buccaneer to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fleet of birds known as spoonbeaks. Her adventure will bring her face to face with the nefarious Baron Widebeard as she uncovers corruption and wanton punning in the Barony of Meeth.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 202 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 86 of 92 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120192026Week of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.992019-05-232026-10-152019-05-23 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $1.992020-01-13 — best price $1.992020-05-02 — best price $1.992020-08-30 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-03-01 — best price $1.992021-09-20 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-05-23 — best price $1.992022-10-02 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-04-11 — best price $1.992023-10-03 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-04-24 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-02-21 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $1.992025-05-16 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-08-15 — best price $0.992025-10-08 — best price $1.992025-12-03 — best price $1.992026-02-28 — best price $1.992026-04-14 — best price $1.992026-05-30 — best price $1.992026-07-27 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $0.992026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-09-16 — best price $0.992026-09-24 — best price $0.992026-10-02 — best price $0.992026-10-10 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
51.1%
earned "Pirate Familiar"
27.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-07-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31555%12

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieComedyPuzzlePiratesAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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