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Prickle

Sunbird Studio · 2024-11-22

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 22, 2024 (Linux), Nov 22, 2024 (Mac), Nov 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play father hedgehog on a quest to bring his prickly children back home, in this wholesome grid-based puzzle.

100%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2025-11-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420242026Week of 2024-11-22: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.192024-11-222026-10-082024-11-22 — best price $4.892024-12-06 — best price $6.992025-01-06 — best price $5.592025-01-20 — best price $6.992025-02-19 — best price $5.592025-03-05 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $4.892025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-04-21 — best price $4.892025-04-28 — best price $6.992025-06-02 — best price $5.592025-06-09 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $4.892025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-07-14 — best price $5.592025-07-21 — best price $6.992025-09-16 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-11-10 — best price $4.192025-11-17 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.892026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-02-07 — best price $4.892026-02-20 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-13 — best price $5.242026-04-20 — best price $6.992026-05-28 — best price $4.192026-06-04 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.542026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-07-27 — best price $4.192026-08-03 — best price $6.992026-09-25 — best price $4.192026-10-01 — best price $4.542026-10-08 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Afrikaans…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-02-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteIndieLogicNaturePuzzleSokobanRelaxingDifficultWholesome

Census log

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

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