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Critter Cove

Critter Cove

A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?

Released Sep 10, 2024 Developer Gentleman Rat Studios Platforms Windows RelaxingCozySingleplayerBase-BuildingManagement
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (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.

95.0%positive1,421 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“This game allowed me to come out as a furry. No, I'm not joking. You see my avatar? I designed that bunny - my fursona - in this game. I wasn't able to bring him to life for two reasons: I don't have any artistic talent, and I was too shy to commission someone to do it for me.…”

— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Its like they took the best parts of: Skies of arcadia (world exploring, finding treasure, meeting interesting random characters wherever you go) Animal Crossing: (Crafting, discovering crafts, animal characters, relationships and such) The only thing I'd improve is the ability…”

— a player, Steam review · 89 hrs played
Not recommended · 28 found this helpful

“I really wanted to like this game. I purshased it when early access released, then waited a year and a half to give the devs some time to add content and polish the whole thing. Unfortunately, after 10ish hours of gameplay, I just cant. The game feels empty : there is no story,…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

40playing at last check
5424-hour peak
1,286all-time peak
0 500 1k 2025 2026 590 avg · Sep 2024

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.

32achievements
6.0%median completion
0.5%rarest: The Breakfast Club
16.2% of players 14.1% of players 13.0% of players 12.8% of players 12.2% of players 10.7% of players 10.4% of players 8.6% of players 7.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.5% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 6.0% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 1.1% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 16.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
16.2%Nailed It! — Repair the Workshop
14.1%2 Fast 2 Tub-ious — Get every upgrade for the tub boat
13.0%Gadgets and Gizmos A-Plenty — Craft 30 different items
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%The Breakfast Club — Max friendship with 1 Critter of each personality type
0.5%QUACK — Collect all rubber duckies
1.1%Meowise, that's right! — Find all Meowise Statues

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.50 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada32.50 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China92.00 CNY

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

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$28

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

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

May 28, 2026
Emergency Patch 349

Final fix for the exception bug on new game. This was caused by the new feature in Options called Auto Save Frequency. If this was set to Daily it would cause a new game to fail. Sorry for the issue a

May 27, 2026
Hot Patch 348

Added some CRC checks to make sure files are valid after steam installs.

May 27, 2026
HOT PATCH 347

Fix for a few users experiencing an issue on new game where it does not load into the character creation screen and throws and exception. If this has happened to you please update to this patch to fix

May 14, 2026
Create Your Own Critters in the "Glow Up" Update

Ahoy!It's time to grab your scissors and prepare to create some brand new friends in our Glow Up Update, available now.Create-A-Critter The final building in the game is ready: The Salon. Once built,

May 14, 2026
Major Update Build 345

New Features Create-A-Critter & The Salon: You can now complete the final building in the game, the Salon, and create your own custom critters! Once created, they will arrive with the next tour boat.

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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, Simulation, Early Access
Player tagsRelaxing · Cozy · Singleplayer · Base-Building · Management · Fishing · Sailing · Adventure · Nature · RPG · Early Access · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, German, Spanish - Spain
ControllerFull support
Achievements32
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://visitcrittercove.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX760+ or AMD Radeon 7950+ equivalent with a minimum 4GB of VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space