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Tattletail

Waygetter Electronics · Little Flag Software, LLC · 2016-12-28

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 28, 2016 (Mac)

It’s Christmas 1998. The world’s most annoying toy just came out, and yours won’t stay in his box. Can you stop Tattletail from getting you in trouble before the bloodthirsty Mama Tattletail hunts you down? Story-driven first person horror. New DLC Included!

Tattletail is an Action, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 5056 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 5.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Tattletail is a 2016 survival horror video game created by Waygetter Electronics and published by Little Flag Software. The player must care for their virtual pet toy, Baby Talking Tattletail, while avoiding the pursuit of its recalled predecessor, Mama Tattletail. The game was released on Steam on December 28, 2016.

Trailer

Tattletail trailer thumbnail

Tattletail™ Release Trailer [Official]

≈425,966 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 465 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 126k–303k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,056 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
465Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 31 · peak 96Apr 2017 — avg 36 · peak 88Jul 2017 — avg 26 · peak 64Oct 2017 — avg 23 · peak 64Jan 2018 — avg 22 · peak 49Apr 2018 — avg 16 · peak 33Jul 2018 — avg 14 · peak 27Oct 2018 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2019 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2019 — avg 9 · peak 22Oct 2019 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2020 — avg 16 · peak 30Jul 2020 — avg 16 · peak 33Oct 2020 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2021 — avg 18 · peak 46Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 32Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 42Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 24Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 33Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 23Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 38Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2026 — avg 17 · peak 61Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.992016-12-282026-07-092016-12-28 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-02-12 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-04-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $3.492022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-10-25 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-10-26 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-08-13 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-03 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

125292026-06-01 — 61 pageviews2026-06-05 — 99 pageviews2026-06-09 — 58 pageviews2026-06-13 — 57 pageviews2026-06-17 — 69 pageviews2026-06-21 — 58 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 49 pageviews2026-07-03 — 73 pageviews2026-07-07 — 67 pageviews2026-07-11 — 61 pageviews2026-07-15 — 49 pageviews2026-07-19 — 44 pageviews2026-07-23 — 58 pageviews2026-07-27 — 60 pageviews2026-07-31 — 71 pageviews2026-08-04 — 49 pageviews2026-08-08 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-16 — 66 pageviews2026-08-20 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-28 — 43 pageviews2026-09-01 — 45 pageviews2026-09-05 — 125 pageviews2026-09-09 — 56 pageviews2026-09-13 — 62 pageviews2026-09-17 — 54 pageviews2026-09-21 — 54 pageviews2026-09-25 — 58 pageviews2026-09-29 — 62 pageviews2026-10-03 — 52 pageviews2026-10-07 — 48 pageviews2026-10-11 — 53 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Tattletail, That's Me!"
41.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,55219%11

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteDarkFunnyIndie1990'sActionHorrorRobotsStrategySurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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