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Super Cable Boy

Super Cable Boy

Super Cable Boy is a retro inspired platformer, where you are playing a living handheld gaming system with a power cord. Collect game cartridges to become more powerful and take on your quest to defeat "the Glitch", an entity that 1▧01☠01௹1‱☣∰0␢⌀▧ ..

Released Nov 20, 2020 Developer Sørb Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Precision Platformer2D PlatformerPlatformerIndieRetro
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

97.7%positive128 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“https://youtu.be/SyACsjH--tE Blending theme and gameplay with enough narrative mystery results in a fine end product that gives plenty of reasons for players to work through the levels.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

41achievements
16.6%median completion
4.0%rarest: ONNNIIII.........GIIIRIII!!!
88.2% of players 79.8% of players 73.2% of players 63.3% of players 61.7% of players 51.0% of players 47.7% of players 47.3% of players 42.6% of players 39.8% of players 38.5% of players 34.2% of players 34.0% of players 29.5% of players 24.7% of players 24.4% of players 24.3% of players 23.5% of players 20.4% of players 17.7% of players 16.6% of players 15.9% of players 13.9% of players 13.8% of players 12.4% of players 12.1% of players 10.9% of players 10.2% of players 9.7% of players 9.0% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.5% of players 6.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 4.0% of players 88.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.2%Boot Up! — Wake up your Super Cable Boy device from sleep mode.
79.8%Onigiri! — Collect your first Onigiri.
73.2%Onigiri!! — Collect two Onigiris.
Rarest badges of honor
4.0%ONNNIIII.........GIIIRIII!!! — Collect all Onigiris.
4.5%100% — All the levels!
5.0%End Of File — You've reached the end.

Latest official news

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

Jan 26, 2024
The Glitch is spreading and the Arcade is open!

Whoops, I think I made a mistake... As the developer of Super Cable Boy and therefore the Glitch, one of my main responsibilities is, was and always will be to contain the Glitch safely inside the gam

Mar 23, 2022
Super Cable Boy Maker

Hey everybody, there are some exciting news! We decided to put more of Super Cable Boys future in your hands and what better way to do this than to give you access to the level editor to make your own

Oct 28, 2021
Teeny Tiny Update

it's a tiny update: Added Portuguese localization. Many thanks to Jorge Junio and Lucas Pavlinscenkyte (EQUIPE TRADUÇÕES PKG)! Added fresh new cover and banner images on the Steam page! I think they'r

Sep 09, 2021
Random Update

As part of our daily routine we rolled the dice and looked at our chart to decide what new things to add to this game now. We rolled our wheel of fortune exactly four time and this is what it landed o

Jun 24, 2021
10 Things we have updated on Super Cable Boy (You won't believe Nr. 1)

Well, well, well. A lot has happened since the last update and Cable Boy has been electrocuting his circuits for you day in day out. But don't worry. We're here to comfort you and tell you all about i

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsPrecision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Indie · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Experimental · Cute · Local Co-Op · Action · Atmospheric · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , Japanese * , Spanish - Spain * , Korean * , Simplified Chinese * , Thai * , Traditional Chinese * , Portuguese - Portugal * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Any Soundcard