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Tadpole Tales
A tiny 2D Hand-drawn "Clean 'Em Up" game about a tadpole cleaning rivers and fighting pollution.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Amazing art style”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Tadpole Tales is a Shoot 'Em Up about a small tadpole and its mission to clean the river from corruption. The game is pretty short and consist of one linear river with enemies that keep flooding the screen and shoot bullets at you while you're trying to cleanse them at the same…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Game is good for a free game. Has a lot of potential.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:06 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
Latest official news
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HAPPY 1 YEAR SINCE LAUNCH! (Future plans)
Happy 1 year anniversary everyone! What a blast it has been, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all the support and warmth we have been receiving from this little game. To be abs
Winning Audience Award thanks to YOU!
We honestly have no words Thank you all so much for voting and believing in our little project. We can't believe there were so many people who believed in us. We hope that as time passes, as we learn
Nominated for UnfoldGames Award!
We got nominated! We have been nominated for the Best Character Design Award and Audience Award at UnfoldGames Awards. We’ve got no words to describe our happiness, as this is our first game as well a
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Shoot 'Em Up · Hand-drawn · 2D · Cute · Side Scroller · Bullet Hell · Arcade · PvE · Action-Adventure · Top-Down · Colorful · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 4 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5 or AMD equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970 or AMD equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space