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TaskPals

Ascalon Games · 2023-05-25

Steam

Indie

TaskPals is a simple companion app that brings life to your taskbar with cute and tiny pals.

TaskPals is a 2023 Indie game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1093 reviews).

18
playing now
91%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,093 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320232026Week of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2392026-09-14 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k12May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 50Jun 2023 — avg 101 · peak 281Jul 2023 — avg 1,557 · peak 3,753Aug 2023 — avg 713 · peak 1,473Sep 2023 — avg 470 · peak 745Oct 2023 — avg 502 · peak 796Nov 2023 — avg 551 · peak 858Dec 2023 — avg 629 · peak 950Jan 2024 — avg 534 · peak 757Feb 2024 — avg 561 · peak 761Mar 2024 — avg 637 · peak 906Apr 2024 — avg 643 · peak 919May 2024 — avg 410 · peak 857Jun 2024 — avg 176 · peak 278Jul 2024 — avg 130 · peak 180Aug 2024 — avg 122 · peak 162Sep 2024 — avg 117 · peak 161Oct 2024 — avg 116 · peak 160Nov 2024 — avg 171 · peak 400Dec 2024 — avg 143 · peak 204Jan 2025 — avg 128 · peak 179Feb 2025 — avg 75 · peak 114Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 75Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 59May 2025 — avg 39 · peak 62Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 58Jul 2025 — avg 27 · peak 44Aug 2025 — avg 22 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 41Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 31Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 17 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 29May 2026 — avg 16 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 22Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.002023-09-272026-01-052023-09-27 — best price $0.002024-11-13 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-04-19 — best price $2.992025-04-26 — best price $2.242025-06-27 — best price $2.002025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.002025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IdlerIndieSoftwareUtilitiesFree to PlaySingleplayerPixel GraphicsFamily Friendly

Census log

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