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Once Upon a Jester cover art

Once Upon a Jester

Bonte Avond · Crunching Koalas · 2022-11-09

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 24, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 24, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Travel the kingdom as Jester with his best friend Sok to improvise theatre shows and perform on stages far and wide. Sing your hearts out, crack jokes and impress audiences to become the stars of the famous Royal Theatrical Spectacle!

99%
positive of 308 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 11,921 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-07-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 62 of 98 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320222026Week of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$2.992022-10-282026-09-032022-10-28 — best price $99.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-02-25 — best price $14.992023-03-24 — best price $11.242023-05-25 — best price $11.242023-07-02 — best price $10.492023-07-31 — best price $7.492023-09-20 — best price $14.992023-10-28 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-01-16 — best price $7.492024-02-26 — best price $7.492024-04-18 — best price $7.492024-06-10 — best price $4.492024-07-13 — best price $14.992024-08-07 — best price $14.992024-09-03 — best price $14.992024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-10-25 — best price $6.002024-11-12 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $5.242025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-08 — best price $4.492025-06-14 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $3.742025-11-07 — best price $3.742025-12-06 — best price $14.992026-01-10 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-03-12 — best price $14.992026-04-16 — best price $3.742026-05-13 — best price $3.752026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-07-22 — best price $2.992026-08-19 — best price $3.752026-08-31 — best price $3.752026-09-03 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
51.7%
earned "Frog on a stick"
40.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11016%9
PS5 (PlayStation)1631%12
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
Xbox Series (Xbox)520%10

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieMusicCasualRhythmCartoonMysteryAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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