The Game Census
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Serre

insertdisc5 · 2025-04-15

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 31, 2017 (Mac), Oct 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 31, 2017 (Linux)

A visual novel about a girl and an alien drinking tea and falling in love!

99%
positive of 363 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (145 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 50,361 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 363 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14414420252026Week of 2025-04-15: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-22: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492025-04-152026-10-082025-04-15 — best price $4.242025-04-22 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $3.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
97.1%
earned "Tea Time...?"
88.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-04-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6999%2

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualLGBTQ+LinearRomanceSingleplayerVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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