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Puppeteer : Control cover art

Puppeteer : Control

Towndarktales · 2023-09-14

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Puppet Master Simulator. Become the Puppet Master and find exhibits for your toy house hells collection.

62%
positive of 61 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 50% of 27,123 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.75 at Steam (2026-02-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days · $2.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920232026Week of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$1.752023-09-142026-10-082023-09-14 — best price $3.592023-11-21 — best price $3.392023-12-22 — best price $3.392024-01-05 — best price $3.352024-02-18 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.792024-04-08 — best price $2.792024-05-27 — best price $2.752024-06-27 — best price $2.672024-07-16 — best price $2.672024-09-16 — best price $2.472024-11-07 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-20 — best price $2.392025-01-29 — best price $2.192025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-03-31 — best price $1.992025-05-19 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-08-11 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-10-14 — best price $1.792025-12-01 — best price $1.792025-12-18 — best price $1.792026-02-05 — best price $1.752026-03-19 — best price $1.752026-05-09 — best price $1.752026-06-25 — best price $1.752026-08-05 — best price $1.752026-09-25 — best price $1.752026-10-08 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-10-04, latest 2023-12-21 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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