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That Dragon, Cancer
An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“As someone who thinks babies are too pure for this world, this was such a heartbreaking game to play through. I'm not religious but this game gave me so much to think about. What I mean is, during hardship, it is a very human thing to look for answers or find relief in concepts…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Very few games can make me cry. I'm very proud to say this is 100% one of them.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Thank you for this beautiful experience. Highly recommended. I love my boys.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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That Dragon, Cancer on Sale & Numinous Games team is heading to GDC
Hi All, I just wanted to send out a quick note as we sit here in the Seattle airport on layover to San Francisco to say thank you for your support over the last few months as we've released this game
That Dragon, Cancer on Sale & Numinous Games team is heading to GDC
Hi All, I just wanted to send out a quick note as we sit here in the Seattle airport on layover to San Francisco to say thank you for your support over the last few months as we've released this game
1.0.1 Released - Release Notes
We've released our first update with fixes. Please let us know immediately if you have any problems! This is our first one and we're still working on the kinks. We weren't able to get to all of your r
1.0.1 Released - Release Notes
We've released our first update with fixes. Please let us know immediately if you have any problems! This is our first one and we're still working on the kinks. We weren't able to get to all of your r
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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 | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Story Rich · Emotional · Adventure · Walking Simulator · Narration · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Documentary · Surreal · Point & Click (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://thatdragoncancer.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1.80GHz dual core processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Video card with 512MB of VRAM Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Yes (Headphones highly recommended)