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Newfound Courage cover art

Newfound Courage

Cafe Empty · 2019-03-22

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 22, 2019 (Mac), Jun 24, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You're a young man named Alex who arrives in the cliffside town of Silverpine. Explore the town's many mysteries and meet its colourful townsfolk, while you grow closer to a kind-hearted local named Jake. Can the two of you save the town from the impending doom brewing inside the mysterious Vault?

Newfound Courage is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $8.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 337 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 337 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Newfound Courage is a story-driven adventure game about a gay hero who falls in love with his best friend while the world unravels around them. Alex's story starts in the strange cliffside town of Silverpine that is home to The Vault, a mysterious institute containing the knowledge of a long-dead civilization. Alex must explore The Vault's many mysteries and help the colourful townsfolk he meets along the way, while learning to understand and accept his feelings for another young man named Jake. For fans of games like To the Moon or stories like Love, Simon or Call Me by Your Name.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (24 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.4k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 337 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at WinGameStore (2024-07-02) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 2 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.192018-10-302026-10-102018-10-30 — best price $6.992018-12-22 — best price $8.992019-02-04 — best price $8.492019-04-04 — best price $8.492019-06-04 — best price $9.992019-08-15 — best price $7.492019-10-15 — best price $9.992019-11-21 — best price $6.692020-01-02 — best price $8.992020-01-23 — best price $5.842020-02-17 — best price $8.992020-05-21 — best price $8.992020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-10-29 — best price $7.192021-01-05 — best price $8.992021-06-21 — best price $3.052021-09-06 — best price $8.992021-11-24 — best price $2.692022-02-11 — best price $2.692022-04-28 — best price $3.142022-07-02 — best price $8.992022-09-06 — best price $8.992022-12-02 — best price $8.992023-02-10 — best price $2.062023-03-27 — best price $8.992023-09-09 — best price $2.692023-11-27 — best price $2.692024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-06-10 — best price $1.992024-08-15 — best price $2.692024-12-20 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-09-12 — best price $8.992026-10-10 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
51.1%
earned "Apple picker"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-04-19, latest 2021-06-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11510%16
Xbox One (Xbox)5118%15

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieHorrorLGBTQ+RomanceAdventureEmotionalSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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