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Take the Cake cover art

Take the Cake

Ebenit · My Way Games · 2017-11-28

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 28, 2017 (Linux)

Take back Frank’s stolen cake from evil robots by navigating neon-lit worlds filled with puzzles, obstacles, and electronic music.

Take the Cake is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 50 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
45/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
2h
time to beat (IGDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-08-31) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 15 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.492017-11-302026-08-032017-11-30 — best price $9.992018-05-15 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $2.002018-07-05 — best price $4.502018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-10-25 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-02-12 — best price $4.992020-07-15 — best price $4.992022-10-14 — best price $0.492022-12-13 — best price $4.992023-01-10 — best price $0.492023-03-10 — best price $4.992023-04-09 — best price $0.492023-06-06 — best price $4.992023-09-17 — best price $0.492023-11-14 — best price $4.992024-01-05 — best price $29.992024-02-19 — best price $29.992024-05-16 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-26 — best price $1.492024-10-26 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-02-14 — best price $29.992025-05-04 — best price $1.492025-06-09 — best price $16.992025-09-06 — best price $0.842025-10-06 — best price $16.992025-12-05 — best price $0.842026-01-31 — best price $16.992026-03-10 — best price $0.792026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $0.892026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
0.3%
earned "Runner"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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