The Game Census
Super Cable Boy cover art

Super Cable Boy

Sørb · 2020-11-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 24, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Super Cable Boy is a retro inspired platformer, where you are playing a living handheld gaming system with a power cord. Collect game cartridges to become more powerful and take on your quest to defeat "the Glitch", an entity that 1▧01☠01௹1‱☣∰0␢⌀▧ ..

98%
positive of 128 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 20,080 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2022-12-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920202026Week of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492020-11-202026-07-092020-11-20 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-09-04 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-06-06 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-17 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-10 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-03 — best price $14.992023-05-15 — best price $14.992023-06-26 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
88.2%
earned "Boot Up!"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-06-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

CuteCo-opIndieRetroActionPlatformerAtmosphericLocal Co-OpMultiplayerExperimental

Census log

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

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