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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?

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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

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  • · Top 51% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
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 5 observed days · $7.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.192018-10-302026-08-292018-10-30 — 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 $8.992026-08-29 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieHorrorLGBTQ+RomanceAdventureEmotionalSimulation

Census log

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

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