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Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood cover art

Scarlet Hood and the Wicked Wood

Devespresso Games · Headup · 2021-04-08

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: TBD (PlayStation 4), Apr 08, 2021 (Mac), TBD (Xbox One), Apr 08, 2021 (Linux), Apr 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Scarlet Hood must lead a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood. Too bad the Black Witch, LeFaba, doesn't take too kindly to strangers gallivanting in her domain. Our fledgling witch soon realizes she's reliving the same day. Can she overcome the disaster that awaits at every turn?

85%
positive of 278 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

It’s a new day in the realm of Glome. Sunlight creeps across the land revealing a lush, vibrant world brimming with magick, beauty, and artifacts from a mysterious bygone culture. The Munchkin call this land home, but they share it with the Seven Witches, Tin Knights, talking beasts, fearsome monsters, and trader caravans. ​ Scarlet awakens in this strange land after getting tossed by a tornado. Through a series of unfortunate events, she finds herself in charge of leading a hapless Munchkin troupe through the Wicked Wood to safety. One problem - the cantankerous Black Witch, LeFaba, has a hab(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (48 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 26,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.6k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 278 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.50-90%
GOG$1.79-88%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.70 at GamesPlanet US (2024-09-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 124 of 169 observed days · $0.79 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420212026Week of 2021-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.042021-04-082026-10-092021-04-08 — best price $10.192021-05-17 — best price $13.392021-07-10 — best price $14.992021-09-06 — best price $10.492021-11-15 — best price $8.392022-01-03 — best price $8.992022-02-28 — best price $14.992022-05-03 — best price $12.742022-07-28 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $5.992023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-03-09 — best price $5.992023-05-08 — best price $4.792023-07-27 — best price $5.252023-09-17 — best price $14.992023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-04-11 — best price $2.992024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-08-30 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $1.132025-01-07 — best price $1.502025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-05-14 — best price $1.492025-07-11 — best price $14.992025-09-16 — best price $14.992025-11-06 — best price $14.992026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-04-07 — best price $8.242026-05-29 — best price $11.172026-07-28 — best price $14.992026-09-02 — best price $1.492026-09-26 — best price $1.792026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
97.6%
earned "Bonafide!"
29.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-04-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4106%50
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieCartoonStylizedAdventureComic BookText-BasedSingleplayerVisual NovelInvestigation

Census log

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

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