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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“When I was 12 years old, I remember us telling my dad that he should get a bump on his back checked out. At the time the bump was the size of a golf ball or so. My dad ended up getting it checked out and it turned out it was a tumor, we didnt know whether or not it was a benign…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, I was searching for answers. How could this happen to such a good woman with a heart of gold and unwavering strength? How can it happen to anyone? This game did not provide all the answers, but it did help with the grieving process,…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I don't usually go in for reviewing games here, but having seen the Kotaku article about some of the things being written here about this game, I'll bite. I became a father eleven months ago. My partner, the mother of our daughter, saw me reading about 'That Dragon, Cancer' last…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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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 2026-05-13.
| 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 |
| 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)