The Game Census
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Sand Castle

Alice Nowak · Unusual Meaning · 2022-03-14

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2022 (Linux), Mar 14, 2022 (Mac), Mar 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A date on the beach, small talk, a little bit of nostalgia and an important decision. All of that taking place to the accompaniment of the summer breeze.

94%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 29,102 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.992022-03-122023-01-052022-03-12 — best price $1.392022-03-21 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992022-12-23 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
91%
earned "Amare"
77.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeDramaIndieRomanceRelaxingAdventureEmotionalHand-drawn

Census log

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

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