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Cauldron

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!

Released May 21, 2025 Developer SleepyDad Games Publisher Caketown Interactive Platforms Windows MinigamesIdlerCasualTurn-Based StrategyAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $7.49 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.2%positive500 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 15 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:28 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

100playing at last check
11824-hour peak
3,834all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2026 2.6k avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

100achievements
22.0%median completion
9.2%rarest: 1Dc Crystals
99.5% of players 95.2% of players 94.9% of players 94.4% of players 77.1% of players 76.6% of players 70.2% of players 68.3% of players 66.8% of players 62.0% of players 61.1% of players 60.4% of players 60.4% of players 53.5% of players 50.4% of players 49.2% of players 47.7% of players 47.6% of players 47.1% of players 46.9% of players 45.0% of players 40.6% of players 40.0% of players 38.6% of players 38.5% of players 38.0% of players 37.4% of players 36.0% of players 35.2% of players 33.7% of players 33.4% of players 33.1% of players 32.5% of players 32.0% of players 31.6% of players 30.1% of players 29.6% of players 29.0% of players 27.8% of players 27.5% of players 26.1% of players 25.8% of players 25.0% of players 24.4% of players 24.0% of players 23.9% of players 23.4% of players 23.4% of players 22.8% of players 22.3% of players 22.0% of players 21.7% of players 21.4% of players 21.3% of players 20.9% of players 20.7% of players 20.3% of players 19.5% of players 19.4% of players 19.4% of players 99.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
99.5%So it Begins — Brew something in the Cauldron
95.2%Your First Apple! — Collect 1 apple in the apple minigame
94.9%Your First Rock! — Collect 1 rock in the mining minigame
Rarest badges of honor
9.2%1Dc Crystals — Hidden achievement
9.4%1Dc Fish — Hidden achievement
9.9%1Dc Rocks — Hidden achievement

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.

$7.49−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$7.49lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US7.49 USD−50%
EU7.49 EUR−50%
UK6.49 GBP−50%
Australia10.97 AUD−50%
Canada9.99 CAD−50%
Japan850 JPY−50%
Brazil19.99 BRL−50%
China29.00 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$8.6

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 22, 2026
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

May 21, 2026
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

Nov 24, 2025
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

Oct 08, 2025
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

Sep 29, 2025
New languages available in playtest!

Hi folks! Autumn sale is upon us, and alongside that we have an update on languages. The game is now available to test in Japanese, German, French or Brazilian Portuguese! The language update also inc

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsMinigames · Idler · Casual · Turn-Based Strategy · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Auto Battler · 2D · Fantasy · Colorful · Cute · Tactical RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Save Anytime · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , French * , German * , Japanese * , Portuguese - Brazil * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements100
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
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