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Once Upon A Puppet cover art

Once Upon A Puppet

Flatter Than Earth · Daedalic Entertainment · 2025-04-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Apr 23, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Control the strings of fate and embark on a grand adventure with Drev and Nieve. A magical, story-driven 2.5D puzzle-platformer where puppeteering mechanics and a whimsical, theater-inspired world intertwine.

Once Upon A Puppet is a 2025 Adventure, Casual and Indie title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (88% of 145 reviews).

85%
positive of 157 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (103 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 30,069 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 164 of 215 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520252026Week of 2025-04-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$7.492025-04-232026-10-162025-04-23 — best price $19.782025-05-01 — best price $18.492025-06-06 — best price $24.992025-06-25 — best price $19.942025-07-11 — best price $18.792025-07-25 — best price $13.192025-08-10 — best price $17.422025-08-19 — best price $19.742025-08-31 — best price $20.962025-09-09 — best price $19.992025-09-23 — best price $20.192025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-10-21 — best price $14.992025-11-01 — best price $14.992025-11-16 — best price $24.992025-11-25 — best price $12.492025-12-10 — best price $22.382025-12-23 — best price $12.432026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-01-30 — best price $24.992026-02-18 — best price $12.502026-03-02 — best price $12.492026-03-13 — best price $10.002026-04-06 — best price $21.242026-04-23 — best price $8.952026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-05-22 — best price $7.952026-06-03 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-21 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $18.712026-08-18 — best price $9.362026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
28.6%
earned "A Beast, a Ring, and a Wedding"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-04-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CuteIndieHorrorPuzzleAdventureNarrationNarrativeControllerPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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