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The Cable Guy

4sandwiches · 2024-02-29

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 29, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your job is to connect all the users from different projects to their servers in the procedurally generated network. In an ever changing office environment you'll have a lot of nifty tools to help you save your job and keep everyone from losing their cool. Are you up for the challenge?

90%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 51,483 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2026-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020242026Week of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$3.192024-02-292026-10-122024-02-29 — best price $5.192024-05-23 — best price $6.392024-06-27 — best price $5.592024-08-19 — best price $5.592024-09-30 — best price $6.392024-11-11 — best price $5.592024-11-27 — best price $5.592024-12-20 — best price $5.192025-01-06 — best price $5.592025-02-17 — best price $5.192025-03-13 — best price $5.192025-03-31 — best price $5.592025-05-12 — best price $5.192025-06-27 — best price $4.792025-07-14 — best price $5.192025-08-25 — best price $5.192025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-13 — best price $7.992025-11-24 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $4.792026-02-16 — best price $4.792026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-03-30 — best price $4.792026-05-11 — best price $4.392026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-08-24 — best price $4.392026-10-01 — best price $3.192026-10-12 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Ukrainian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DFunnyCasualPuzzleBuildingStrategyStylizedTop-DownManagementMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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