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Pumpkin Eater cover art

Pumpkin Eater

thugzilladev · 2021-11-17

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2021 (Linux), Nov 17, 2021 (Mac)

Pumpkin Eater is a visual novel about grief, pumpkin heads, and human decomposition. 100% medically accurate.

Pumpkin Eater is a Casual and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 615 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
88%
positive of 629 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 124% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 629 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120212026Week of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.992021-11-172026-07-092021-11-17 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992024-01-05 — best price $1.992024-02-19 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-08-28 — best price $1.992024-11-04 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-10 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
97.9%
earned "Initial Decay"
92.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27396%5

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

Player tags

2DDarkDramaCasualHorrorLinearThrillerEducationEmotionalHand-drawn

Census log

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

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