Cardboard Ground overview

Matt Close | Jan 27, 2020 | game

Released

0players observed · 10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC

Adventure Indie Surreal 2D Puzzle Steam Store

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Units sold (VGI)870
Revenue (VGI)$6,900
Review score93% positive

Cardboard Ground dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Units sold (VGI)870
Revenue (VGI)$6,900
Review score93% positive
Total reviews28
Release dateJan 27, 2020
DeveloperMatt Close
PublisherMatt Close

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Matt Close Publisher: Matt Close

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Game overview

Overview

Cardboard Ground comes from Matt Close and is published by Matt Close. It arrived on Steam on Jan 27, 2020, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Cardboard Ground's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 93% positive across 28 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Cardboard Ground is available in 1 languages including:

English

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	Dual Core 2 GHz	2 GB RAM	WebGL supported	250 MB available space
Windows	Recommended	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
macOS	Minimum	64-bit OS X / macOS 10.9 or newer	Not listed	Not listed	WebGL supported	Not listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Cardboard Ground has sold up to 870 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $6,900. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Cardboard Ground overview details

Cardboard Ground combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Synopsis: Unable to create a quantum computer, they shoved a god into a computer. You wake up in a backyard naked. Clothes are protested, gods exist physically, location relevancy makes no physical sense, and everyone has been reborn with absurd new issues and motivations. Welcome to Offbay, the home of Cardboard Ground - Civilization's new operating system. Features: A side-scrolling adventure game set in a constantly opening world with a rich supply of: Characters with their own absurd issues and motivations. Puzzles , activites , and minigames . No two are alike. Items that'll help you traverse the world, fix its many obstacles, and aid the countless other entities that inhabit it. Your own personal computer pre-installed with FREE games and software! Or install your own! Clean up Offbay and get to the end. See what this is all about.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Cardboard Ground is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 93% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Cardboard Ground
Steam App ID	1094340
Type	game
Release date	Jan 27, 2020
Developer	Matt Close
Publisher	Matt Close
Price	$9.99
Platforms	Windows
Genres	Adventure, Indie
Categories	Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English
Website	Official website

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	0 · 10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	1
Positive reviews	26
Negative reviews	2
Total reviews	28
Positive percent	93%
Review type	Positive
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	775 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Jan 27, 2020
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC

Overview tags

Adventure Indie Surreal 2D Puzzle Singleplayer Dark Humor Minigames Side Scroller Pixel Graphics Funny Comedy

Content descriptors

Contains cartoon violence, blood and gore.

Highlighted achievements

Achievement	Description
Goodbye Offbay	No description
T R A N S P O R T	No description
Burnout Side Project	No description
Mines Expert	No description
PRESS //C	No description
Digitally Transmitted Disease	No description
BFF	No description
Sick!	No description
Stuntman	No description
Crowdsur-	No description

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Not available
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/1094340
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094340/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/1094340
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB search	Search IGDB for Cardboard Ground

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Cardboard Ground?

Cardboard Ground's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 10 September 2026 - 23:31:34 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 13 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Cardboard Ground growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 0 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Cardboard Ground?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are Canada (66.7%), China (33.3%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to Canada (35.1%), China (26.7%), United States (8%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to Canada (43.2%), China (28.6%), United States (6.7%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to Canada (29.4%), China (23.8%), United States (9.8%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Cardboard Ground?

Cardboard Ground currently sits at 93% positive across 28 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 26 positive reviews and 2 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Cardboard Ground have?

Cardboard Ground currently has about 197 tracked Steam followers as of 27 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Cardboard Ground?

Cardboard Ground is currently listed at $9.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Positive

93% positive, 26 positive, 2 negative

Price and discount

$9.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

Achievements

Platform releases

Steam 28 January 2020

DLC and packages

Cardboard GroundBuy Cardboard Ground #368737$9.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 or newer Processor: Dual Core 2 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: WebGL supported Storage: 250 MB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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