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Think of the Children cover art

Think of the Children

Jammed Up Studios · Surprise Attack · 2017-10-19

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Sep 25, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2018 (Xbox One), Oct 19, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Little Bobby’s dead, the BBQ is on fire, Jen’s eating poisonous berries and the birthday cake still needs icing. It’s just another wonderful day out with the kids in Think of the Children, a frantic co-operative parenting simulator.

0
playing now
56%
positive of 245 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 56% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 245 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at IndieGala Store (2023-09-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 64 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.252017-10-182026-08-302017-10-18 — best price $9.992018-05-21 — best price $6.692018-09-01 — best price $4.252018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-09-30 — best price $1.992020-01-30 — best price $1.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-07-26 — best price $8.892020-08-25 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-10 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-02-02 — best price $1.992022-06-06 — best price $1.992022-08-23 — best price $1.442022-12-08 — best price $1.992023-03-13 — best price $1.492023-05-24 — best price $1.492023-07-29 — best price $1.792023-09-15 — best price $1.602023-11-01 — best price $1.692023-12-20 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $1.992024-04-16 — best price $7.862024-06-20 — best price $1.602024-08-13 — best price $7.892024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-08-04 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $1.992026-08-06 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieActionAdventureDifficultFast-PacedLocal Co-OpMultiplayer4 Player Local

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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