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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.

That Dragon, Cancer is a indie, story rich and emotional game developed and published by Numinous Games.
Released on January 11th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,466 reviews of which 1,318 were positive and 148 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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)
MacOS
  • OS: OS X v10.7 Lion or higher (64bit)
  • 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)
Linux
  • OS: Tested on Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 15.10 / Latest Steam OS
  • Processor: 1.80GHz dual core processor
  • Graphics: Video card with 512MB of VRAM
  • Sound Card: Yes (Headphones highly recommended)

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Jan. 2025
Life-changing experience. Some of the hardest 2 hours of my life. 100% would recommend 100% don't want to play it again Thank you for making this
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Jan. 2025
This is one of the only serious reviews Ill do. This isnt a game, its a story. And its one that hits hard if youve lost someone or currently have someone going through cancer or such. Hell it could be anything. This is such a touching way to tell how a family lost their son due to cancer. Is it long? no. But the point is the family making a tribute to their son and its the most pure thing ive seen in a long time. I read all the cards in the hospital, and it genuinely made me tear up reading through each message people sent to their folks or loved ones while there. Probably hit hard as someone who has a current family member dealing with some health problems. Even if you dont buy this game, atleast watch videos to see the messages sent through the game. Fuck Cancer. Thank you for an experience
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Nov. 2024
Wow. A truly indescribable game - if you can call it that. It's more so a story, an expression and one that has made me feel more emotion in this amount of time than anything ever has. I highly, highly recommend this game to anyone who hasn't played it, and my one piece of advice is to do everything. Read every note, listen to every bit of dialogue as intently as possible and immerse yourself in this game. Be prepared to cry and be prepared to really truly feel this grief.
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Sept. 2024
"I shall cover you with my hand until I have passed." I first heard about That Dragon, Cancer a long time ago, back when it won the Games for Impact award at The Game Awards 2016, and from watching Jacksepticeye's and Markiplier's. But I haven't seen the documentary 'Thank You For Playing'. That Dragon, Cancer is an autobiographical game based on Joel’s 4-year fight against cancer which allows players to experience the highs and lows of Joel’s cancer journey through this point-and-click game. Made by the family who lost their loved ones. Ryan Green (Joel's father) is the developer of this game and Amy Green (Joel's mother) is the writer of this game. Several voices and conversations you hear in the game are from home videos the parents recorded. So, when you are at 'Dehydration' scene, brace yourself 'cause I can't imagine how hard it must be to hear a little boy crying in pain. But this game also tells about another person's story, which I read all the cards/letters at 'Waking Up', 'Adrift', and 'Drowning' scene. But that 'Waking Up' scene, there are so many cards. Those card may be short and it may not seem like much, but it's a small piece of someone else's life. Life... no matter what, difficult times will come. But that's part of the journey. No matter how hard, it helps shape who we are. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3331280244
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Sept. 2024
Absolutely beautiful story. So heartbreaking to play through as a new Dad, but so hope-filled.
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That Dragon, Cancer
8.6
1,318
148
Online players
1
Developer
Numinous Games
Publisher
Numinous Games
Release 11 Jan 2016
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