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Octodad: Dadliest Catch cover art

Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Young Horses · 2014-01-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2014 (Mac), Jan 30, 2014 (Linux), Apr 23, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Nov 09, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a game about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about his life. Octodad's existence is a constant struggle, as he must master mundane tasks with his unwieldy boneless tentacles while simultaneously keeping his cephalopodan...

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $5.09, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 10698 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

7
playing now
94%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (97 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (24,676 ratings)
1.9h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.09
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Octodad: Dadliest Catch is an independent adventure video game developed and published by Young Horses. It is a sequel to the 2010 freeware game Octodad. The game consists of controlling the protagonist Octodad in completing chores typical of the mundane suburban father, but complicated by the fact that he is an octopus in disguise.

Trailer

Octodad: Dadliest Catch trailer thumbnail

Nintendo eShop - Octodad: Dadliest Catch Trailer

≈380,103 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 353 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 268k–644k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,728 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-01-30) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 66 of 89 observed days · $2.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28428420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2932026-09-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 29 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3720Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 0Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Sep 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Feb 2014 — avg 372 · peak 1,563Jul 2014 — avg 112 · peak 678Dec 2014 — avg 154 · peak 537May 2015 — avg 65 · peak 145Oct 2015 — avg 48 · peak 104Mar 2016 — avg 44 · peak 113Aug 2016 — avg 83 · peak 221Jan 2017 — avg 54 · peak 162Jun 2017 — avg 48 · peak 117Nov 2017 — avg 36 · peak 116Apr 2018 — avg 29 · peak 62Sep 2018 — avg 24 · peak 58Feb 2019 — avg 133 · peak 1,249Jul 2019 — avg 29 · peak 54Dec 2019 — avg 32 · peak 86May 2020 — avg 27 · peak 52Oct 2020 — avg 19 · peak 41Mar 2021 — avg 20 · peak 50Aug 2021 — avg 19 · peak 44Jan 2022 — avg 29 · peak 75Jun 2022 — avg 23 · peak 65Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 61Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 40Sep 2023 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2024 — avg 19 · peak 61Jul 2024 — avg 22 · peak 54Dec 2024 — avg 23 · peak 62May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 43Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-13 — best price $7.492015-12-24 — best price $3.742016-05-07 — best price $5.092016-11-21 — best price $14.992017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $3.742018-05-10 — best price $3.742018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $4.942020-06-17 — best price $5.092021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-09-12 — best price $14.992024-01-25 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-08-26 — best price $5.092025-10-09 — best price $4.492025-12-04 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-06-01 — best price $3.752026-08-23 — best price $14.992026-09-05 — best price $3.752026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $3.752026-10-05 — best price $3.752026-10-14 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

326342026-05-30 — 150 pageviews2026-06-03 — 105 pageviews2026-06-07 — 222 pageviews2026-06-11 — 129 pageviews2026-06-15 — 162 pageviews2026-06-19 — 117 pageviews2026-06-23 — 138 pageviews2026-06-27 — 148 pageviews2026-07-01 — 136 pageviews2026-07-05 — 135 pageviews2026-07-09 — 326 pageviews2026-07-13 — 231 pageviews2026-07-17 — 114 pageviews2026-07-21 — 79 pageviews2026-07-25 — 85 pageviews2026-07-29 — 77 pageviews2026-08-02 — 63 pageviews2026-08-06 — 62 pageviews2026-08-10 — 75 pageviews2026-08-14 — 59 pageviews2026-08-18 — 53 pageviews2026-08-22 — 71 pageviews2026-08-26 — 96 pageviews2026-08-30 — 93 pageviews2026-09-03 — 79 pageviews2026-09-07 — 77 pageviews2026-09-11 — 34 pageviews2026-09-15 — 63 pageviews2026-09-19 — 53 pageviews2026-09-23 — 59 pageviews2026-09-27 — 68 pageviews2026-10-01 — 64 pageviews2026-10-05 — 67 pageviews2026-10-08 — 75 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
49.2%
earned "Be the Controller"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, German, Korean, Hungarian, Romanian, Polish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-04-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,4024%32
PS4 (PlayStation)7,27722%20
PS4 (PlayStation)6,42822%20
Xbox One (Xbox)4,62314%29
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,38837%14
Switch (Nintendo)1090%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieShortActionComedyPuzzlePhysicsAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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