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Think of the Children cover art

Think of the Children

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

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Think of the Children is an Action game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 246 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
56%
positive of 246 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.60★
PlayStation Store rating (75 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (19 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 246 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$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 72 of 103 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.252017-10-182026-10-142017-10-18 — 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 $9.992026-09-12 — best price $1.992026-10-02 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
24.4%
earned "Fashion Souls"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9960%27
Xbox One (Xbox)3060%27
PS4 (PlayStation)1990%28
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

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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