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Cauldron
Cauldron is an upgrade-heavy, minigame-centric, turn-based RPG. Play minigames to strengthen your party, then win battles to uncover more map, more heroes, more minigames, more everything! If your favorite plant is an upgrade tree, then this game is for you!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
83 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“What a wild ride it was! I had the game on wishlist for quite some time. Trailer gave me the Swords & Souls vibe: play minigames to strenghten the party, minigames get progressively harder and so on - got instantly…”
“Pretty nice incremental game, fun, when starting new mode upgrades that are given increase speed in minigames significantly to make a full 6 modes run(if we exclude the ending). Worth a try if you wanna spend some time.”
26 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“What a wild ride it was! I had the game on wishlist for quite some time. Trailer gave me the Swords & Souls vibe: play minigames to strenghten the party, minigames get progressively harder and so on - got instantly…”
“Pretty nice incremental game, fun, when starting new mode upgrades that are given increase speed in minigames significantly to make a full 6 modes run(if we exclude the ending). Worth a try if you wanna spend some time.”
“I really enjoyed this game! It was a lot more in depth than I initially thought it would be. Also, the various things you can do to move forward are a lot of fun, I really enjoyed the minigames, even when I could enable…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Pretty nice incremental game, fun, when starting new mode upgrades that are given increase speed in minigames significantly to make a full 6 modes run(if we exclude the ending). Worth a try if you wanna spend some time.”
“I play a lot of casual / idle games. Few of them are as good as this one. I've been playing this game on and off, often times letting it grind in the background to grind up enough of a resource to buy some more…”
“10/10. 9/10? Ah whatever, ♥♥♥♥ scores. The game is great. Honestly just play the demo if you're at all intrigued. The demo functions as a small game anyway so it's worth your time playing. It has the first part of the…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I definitely recommend giving this game a try. The core gameplay loop is really fun and keeps you coming back, especially if you’re aiming to 100% it across the different modes. It feels surprisingly fresh, and I…”
“I've never seen a game quite like this with all its mechanics blended together. I keep coming back to it every so often and playing the same save file which is rare for me. I can pick up where I left off just fine. It…”
“Very nice Incremental - Idle game, you need to do whole game several times in different modes, but the automation is very well done and comfy as you get farther”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game! It was a lot more in depth than I initially thought it would be. Also, the various things you can do to move forward are a lot of fun, I really enjoyed the minigames, even when I could enable…”
“Picking apples turned into touhou? Cauldron is light and silly comfort food, and sometimes that's exactly what you want. It is a neat incremental game where your goal is to make number go up but it manages to innovate…”
“Great ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, if you are sick for achievements and completion this is the game for you. You will hop on a ride of cozy grinding and when you think it does not have something else to give BOOM good plot twists.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“In all seriousness, this might be the game that well and truly convinced me to quit gaming. It's literally a hard drug. I can feel my brain melting, and not in a good way. It has a lot of thought put into it, but is…”
“Seeing steam screenshots, I thought I would get to play Dig Dug in this game. Turns out, no, it is just a really lame mining minigame.”
“Idle game mode made by the laziest person in the world. Spent 5 mins making an ai that will "play" the games for you lmao what a joke”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“One of my favorite incremental games I have played it has and awesome RPG battle system with different roles with items that can shake up your battles and characters that can turn hard fights into the easiest thing you…”
“Very realistic addiction simulator to the point it makes you question wtf you're doing with your life when you inevitably come back to it and ask yourself why? Why am I playing this? This is dumb... this is awesome.…”
“I definitely recommend giving this game a try. The core gameplay loop is really fun and keeps you coming back, especially if you’re aiming to 100% it across the different modes. It feels surprisingly fresh, and I…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“A gem of a game! Interesting incremental mechanics (and alot of different ones), catching story and dialogue. Fights were a little bit too easy alot of the time, but the occasional difficult fight kept it interesting…”
“Was definitely fun at first and has its charme, that is, aslong as you don't aim to 100% it. The minigames all have automodes and its mostly a half-idle game. The achievements are quite a grindy pain, it will take a lot…”
“I didn't expect to like this game as much as I did. This definitely isn't a game for everyone. The art is great. After the first playthrough or 2 of the different game modes, it does get a bit repetitive, but the…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I enjoyed what I played of it. I got bored of it and forgot it existed. I was going through a really rough time in my life when I played it so the fact that I enjoyed it at all is high praise. I'm probably not going to…”
“I didn't expect to like this game as much as I did. This definitely isn't a game for everyone. The art is great. After the first playthrough or 2 of the different game modes, it does get a bit repetitive, but the…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“The game's very open about what it is. The first setting in the options menu is whether you want regular or scientific notation on all numbers.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“This game is lovely. Everything about it is incremental, even the story and music. On a side note, I would absolutely love to replay it as randomiser.”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs played“I am actually really torn on Cauldron. I did play it for over 50 hours and felt compelled enough to 100% the achievements for the game, but at the same time, when all was said and done, I felt like I really just wasted my time. Cauldron’s gameplay is extremely repetitive to the…”
— a player, Steam review · 55 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Announcing Cauldron: Haunted Harvest!
Hey Everyone! I wanted to officially announce that Cauldron: Haunted Harvest will be launching in Q1 2027! Thanks to all those who have been following development and who have helped playtest! To cele
Update 1.1.05 available now, and a new Cauldron game coming!
Hey Everyone! Update 1.1.05 is out now, including some smaller fixes... but more importantly... There's a Cauldron spinoff coming towards the end of this year ! Go check out Cauldron: Haunted Harvest
Happy Birthday, Cauldron!
Hey Everyone!! One year. Can you believe it? Exactly one year ago today, I hit "Publish" on Cauldron and crossed every finger I had. I had no idea if anyone would show up. You did. And then some. Sinc
Vote for Cauldron in this year's Steam Awards!
Hi Everyone! First, I wanted to share a quick milestone: Cauldron has now sold over 70,000 copies ! Thank you to everyone who has been playing, battling, and catching apples this year. You made this h
Japanese, German, French and Brazilian Portuguese have been added to Cauldron!
Hi Everyone! The language update is now out, with Japanese, German, French or Brazilian Portuguese as new options! There are also a bunch of other updates and fixes in the patch. General Stuff: 4 new
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Minigames · Idler · Casual · Turn-Based Strategy · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Auto Battler · 2D · Fantasy · Colorful · Cute · Tactical RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , French * , German * , Japanese * , Portuguese - Brazil * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 100 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or greater Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+ DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 200 MB available space