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The Cub

Demagog Studio · Untold Tales · 2024-01-19

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: TBD (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 19, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 19, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

From the creators of Golf Club Nostalgia and Highwater. Return to their whimsical, neon-lit apocalypse in a Jungle Book meets The Armageddon fusion. Parkour through the remains of humanity as a child being hunted, while catchy end-of-days tunes and curious survivor stories play on the radio.

The Cub is a 2024 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $14.99, with 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 662 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 662 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (236 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

After the Great Ecological Catastrophe, the ultrarich flee to Mars and leave the rest to perish. But among them a small child who developed immunity to the hostile planet remains. Decades pass and those on Mars venture back to Earth to do recon. When they spot a small human child, The Cub, they immediately try to capture it. This sets off a journey of escape, exploration and discovery through the urban ruins of humanity coupled with frantic cat and mouse chases.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 662 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$5.25-65%
GOG$5.25-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.69 at GreenManGaming (2026-05-16) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 135 of 191 observed days · $1.56 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920242026Week of 2024-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.692024-01-192026-10-142024-01-19 — best price $8.242024-02-15 — best price $14.992024-04-08 — best price $7.192024-05-27 — best price $14.992024-06-28 — best price $14.992024-08-01 — best price $11.012024-09-04 — best price $5.992024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-01-07 — best price $7.502025-01-27 — best price $7.492025-03-03 — best price $6.142025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-04-25 — best price $14.992025-05-20 — best price $6.742025-07-09 — best price $5.992025-08-11 — best price $5.242025-09-22 — best price $14.992025-10-22 — best price $5.242025-11-10 — best price $4.492025-12-09 — best price $3.742026-01-08 — best price $14.992026-01-30 — best price $14.992026-02-28 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $5.292026-04-17 — best price $5.252026-05-07 — best price $4.502026-06-01 — best price $3.852026-07-06 — best price $5.252026-08-03 — best price $5.252026-08-30 — best price $5.252026-09-11 — best price $5.252026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-05 — best price $5.252026-10-14 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Getting Started"
39.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-01-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)49614%19
PS5 (PlayStation)30036%20
Switch (Nintendo)350%0
PS4 (PlayStation)1436%20
PS4 (PlayStation)1118%20
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1020%19

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

Player tags

PuzzleColorfulAdventureNarrationComic BookDystopian PlatformerSoundtrackStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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