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Once Upon A Puppet

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

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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.

88%
positive of 145 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$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 60% of 11,948 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

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.

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

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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