Cardboard Hero overview

Josh Caudill, Alex Haisting, Roux Turner, Yasmin Alansari, Seth Miller, Riccardo Brunet, Alec Basham, Michael Pierluissi, Philip Nauman | May 31, 2025 | game

Released

0players observed · 13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC

Action Adventure Indie Free To Play Steam Store

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Units sold (VGI)1,973
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score64% positive

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

Latest observed playersNot available
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Units sold (VGI)1,973
Revenue (VGI)No data available
Review score64% positive
Total reviews14
Release dateMay 31, 2025
DeveloperJosh Caudill, Alex Haisting, Roux Turner, Yasmin Alansari, Seth Miller, Riccardo Brunet, Alec Basham, Michael Pierluissi, Philip Nauman
PublisherSCAD Games Studio

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: Josh Caudill, Alex Haisting, Roux Turner, Yasmin Alansari, Seth Miller, Riccardo Brunet, Alec Basham, Michael Pierluissi, Philip Nauman Publisher: SCAD Games Studio

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Game overview

Overview

Cardboard Hero comes from Josh Caudill, Alex Haisting, Roux Turner, Yasmin Alansari, Seth Miller, Riccardo Brunet, Alec Basham, Michael Pierluissi, Philip Nauman and is published by SCAD Games Studio. It arrived on Steam on May 31, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, Gamepad Recommended, 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 Hero's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 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 64% positive across 14 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Cardboard Hero is available in 1 languages including:

English languages with full audio support

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

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Windows 10	8th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7	Not listed	GeForce® GTX 1070	3 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Cardboard Hero has sold up to 1,973 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Cardboard Hero overview details

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

Steam Store description

Play as the hero of a young child’s imagination and fight your way through a cardboard third-person action adventure! Engage in exhilarating combat against a variety of enemies, find potions and reclaim treasures to grow in strength and take on tougher opponents, and explore vast levels, unearthing the ancient secrets of the lands you traverse.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Cardboard Hero is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, Gamepad Recommended, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 64% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	Cardboard Hero
Steam App ID	2098450
Type	game
Release date	May 31, 2025
Developer	Josh Caudill, Alex Haisting, Roux Turner, Yasmin Alansari, Seth Miller, Riccardo Brunet, Alec Basham, Michael Pierluissi, Philip Nauman
Publisher	SCAD Games Studio
Price	Free to play
Platforms	Windows
Genres	Action, Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
Categories	Single-player, Full controller support, Gamepad Recommended, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English * * languages with full audio support
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	0 · 13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	1
Positive reviews	9
Negative reviews	5
Total reviews	14
Positive percent	64%
Review type	Mixed
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	216 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	May 31, 2025
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	Not available
Support URL	Support page
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/2098450
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/2098450/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/2098450
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB search	Search IGDB for Cardboard Hero

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 Hero?

Cardboard Hero's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 04:12:27 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 4 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Cardboard Hero 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 Hero?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (75%), France (25%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (48.2%), France (15.3%), China (7.4%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (57.3%), France (16.2%), China (6.1%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (41.5%), France (13.2%), China (9.2%). 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 Hero?

Cardboard Hero currently sits at 64% positive across 14 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 9 positive reviews and 5 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Cardboard Hero have?

Cardboard Hero currently has about 114 tracked Steam followers as of 23 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 Hero?

Cardboard Hero is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

64% positive, 9 positive, 5 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Full controller support, Gamepad Recommended, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

Steam 31 May 2025

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 8th Gen. Intel® Core™ i7 Graphics: GeForce® GTX 1070 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space

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