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Steam app 1208080 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:15 UTC

Cable Guardian

Prevent cable twisting effortlessly! Cable Guardian keeps track of your rotation in VR and lets you know when to turn the other way. Forget the cable and focus on the fun!

Cable Guardian Steam header artwork
BitsloBitslo
2playing now
3724-hour peak
126all-time peak
12average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−0.5Gain−3.95%% gain37Peak

383 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01020304013 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 20267 peakFriday 14 August 202633 peakSaturday 15 August 202633 peakSunday 16 August 202620 peakMonday 17 August 202621 peakTuesday 18 August 202633 peakWednesday 19 August 202622 peakThursday 20 August 202636 peakFriday 21 August 202629 peakSaturday 22 August 202632 peakSunday 23 August 202624 peakMonday 24 August 202634 peakTuesday 25 August 202615 peakWednesday 26 August 202631 peakThursday 27 August 202620 peakFriday 28 August 202630 peakSaturday 29 August 202635 peakSunday 30 August 202626 peakMonday 31 August 202616 peakTuesday 01 September 202617 peakWednesday 02 September 202616 peakThursday 03 September 202613 peakFriday 04 September 202616 peakSaturday 05 September 202637 peakSunday 06 September 202623 peakMonday 07 September 202613 peakTuesday 08 September 20267 peakWednesday 09 September 202623 peakThursday 10 September 202616 peakFriday 11 September 202615 peakSaturday 12 September 202637 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

79 months, March 2020 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

034681021362020202120222023202420252026March 20206 monthly peakApril 202012 monthly peakMay 202012 monthly peakJune 202013 monthly peakJuly 202010 monthly peakAugust 202011 monthly peakSeptember 202011 monthly peakOctober 202014 monthly peakNovember 202013 monthly peakDecember 202014 monthly peakJanuary 202118 monthly peakFebruary 202118 monthly peakMarch 202114 monthly peakApril 202113 monthly peakMay 202113 monthly peakJune 202115 monthly peakJuly 202115 monthly peakAugust 202120 monthly peakSeptember 202127 monthly peakOctober 202129 monthly peakNovember 202124 monthly peakDecember 202123 monthly peakJanuary 202227 monthly peakFebruary 202221 monthly peakMarch 202230 monthly peakApril 202224 monthly peakMay 202223 monthly peakJune 202222 monthly peakJuly 202232 monthly peakAugust 202241 monthly peakSeptember 202237 monthly peakOctober 202238 monthly peakNovember 202234 monthly peakDecember 202270 monthly peakJanuary 202364 monthly peakFebruary 202374 monthly peakMarch 202383 monthly peakApril 2023104 monthly peakMay 2023103 monthly peakJune 2023103 monthly peakJuly 2023113 monthly peakAugust 202398 monthly peakSeptember 2023109 monthly peakOctober 2023114 monthly peakNovember 2023105 monthly peakDecember 2023118 monthly peakJanuary 2024126 monthly peakFebruary 2024115 monthly peakMarch 2024109 monthly peakApril 2024115 monthly peakMay 2024104 monthly peakJune 2024104 monthly peakJuly 202491 monthly peakAugust 202492 monthly peakSeptember 202496 monthly peakOctober 2024104 monthly peakNovember 202495 monthly peakDecember 2024102 monthly peakJanuary 202599 monthly peakFebruary 202583 monthly peakMarch 202590 monthly peakApril 202580 monthly peakMay 202576 monthly peakJune 202576 monthly peakJuly 202573 monthly peakAugust 202576 monthly peakSeptember 202580 monthly peakOctober 202582 monthly peakNovember 202572 monthly peakDecember 202574 monthly peakJanuary 202663 monthly peakFebruary 202657 monthly peakMarch 202656 monthly peakApril 202654 monthly peakMay 202652 monthly peakJune 202654 monthly peakJuly 202652 monthly peakAugust 202638 monthly peakSeptember 202637 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

014284256July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202652 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202638 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202637 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

01428425601 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202620 peakThursday 02 July 202624 peakFriday 03 July 202629 peakSaturday 04 July 202643 peakSunday 05 July 202626 peakMonday 06 July 202616 peakTuesday 07 July 202624 peakWednesday 08 July 202620 peakThursday 09 July 202629 peakFriday 10 July 202643 peakSaturday 11 July 202640 peakSunday 12 July 202628 peakMonday 13 July 202627 peakTuesday 14 July 202629 peakWednesday 15 July 202627 peakThursday 16 July 202638 peakFriday 17 July 202625 peakSaturday 18 July 202638 peakSunday 19 July 202629 peakMonday 20 July 202633 peakTuesday 21 July 202632 peakWednesday 22 July 202629 peakThursday 23 July 202636 peakFriday 24 July 202631 peakSaturday 25 July 202652 peakSunday 26 July 202632 peakMonday 27 July 202626 peakTuesday 28 July 202633 peakWednesday 29 July 202632 peakThursday 30 July 202625 peakFriday 31 July 202619 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 257 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01021314101 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202632 peakSunday 02 August 202621 peakMonday 03 August 202621 peakTuesday 04 August 202620 peakWednesday 05 August 202633 peakThursday 06 August 202633 peakFriday 07 August 202626 peakSaturday 08 August 202638 peakSunday 09 August 202623 peakMonday 10 August 202626 peakTuesday 11 August 202629 peakWednesday 12 August 202622 peakThursday 13 August 202635 peakFriday 14 August 202633 peakSaturday 15 August 202633 peakSunday 16 August 202620 peakMonday 17 August 202621 peakTuesday 18 August 202633 peakWednesday 19 August 202622 peakThursday 20 August 202636 peakFriday 21 August 202629 peakSaturday 22 August 202632 peakSunday 23 August 202624 peakMonday 24 August 202634 peakTuesday 25 August 202615 peakWednesday 26 August 202631 peakThursday 27 August 202620 peakFriday 28 August 202630 peakSaturday 29 August 202635 peakSunday 30 August 202626 peakMonday 31 August 202616 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 126 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01020304001 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202617 peakWednesday 02 September 202616 peakThursday 03 September 202613 peakFriday 04 September 202616 peakSaturday 05 September 202637 peakSunday 06 September 202623 peakMonday 07 September 202613 peakTuesday 08 September 20267 peakWednesday 09 September 202623 peakThursday 10 September 202616 peakFriday 11 September 202615 peakSaturday 12 September 202637 peak

October 2026

Cable Guardian was released on 22 Mar, 2020.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 21:15 UTC
App ID
1208080
Last updated
30 May 2023 build 11347287
Developer
Bitslo
Publisher
Bitslo
Release date
22 Mar, 2020
Platforms
Windows
Download size
3 MB
Install size
6 MB
Genres
Indie, Utilities
Game modes
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

VR Only

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

UtilitiesIndieVR
About this gameFull description from Steam
Prevent cable twisting effortlessly! Cable Guardian keeps track of your rotation in VR and lets you know when to turn the other way. Forget the cable and focus on the fun! See the Pro DLC for position indicators and more. Unlimited free trial. Features Audio notifications with volume and pan adjustment Support for custom sounds (*.wav) Editable rules for triggering the sounds (rotation, orientation etc.) Timer / alarm clock Audio device selection Auto-start with Windows or SteamVR Extremely low CPU and GPU usage - no impact on gaming Native Oculus support Oculus headset users can use Cable Guardian without SteamVR. Just leave Cable Guardian running in the background and it works in every game regardless of the platform (Oculus Home or SteamVR). Note that this does not apply to the Pro-version visual features that require SteamVR. Get more features with Cable Guardian Pro DLC ... (Try for free)
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 10 64bit (Perhaps also 32bit and Win 7, NOT TESTED) Processor: Intel Core i5-4590/AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or better Storage: 10 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Keyboard and mouse required

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

macOS

Minimum: Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

19 developer announcements, Mar 2020 to May 2023 · times in UTC

May

  1. Version 1.3.5.2 / Pro 2.4.1.2

    Patch notes New feature: Resume alarm timer after app restart (with pause option) An active alarm is now automatically saved when the app closes and will be resumed at startup. By default, the timer continues to "run" when the app is…

    Patch notes
  2. Version 1.3.5.1 / Pro 2.4.1.1

    Patch notes New feature: Repeat alarm Alarm will be endlessly repeated until cancelled (or until the app is closed). For example: If you set the alarm to go off in 10 minutes, it will go off every 10 minutes.…

    Patch notes

November

  1. Version 1.3.4.3 / Pro 2.4.0.4

    Patch notes Increase wave file max play length from 5 seconds to 5 hours

    Patch notes
  2. PRO Version 2.4.0.3

    Patch notes Allow OpenVR connection without a valid chaperone. In some cases the SteamVR chaperone data may not be available. This resulted in an infinite waiting loop during initialization. Now the initialization continues regardless, and…

    Patch notes

September

  1. Version 1.3.4.2

    Patch notes Fix: Forward orientation did not match SteamVR room setup

    Patch notes

June

  1. Version 1.3.4.1 / Pro 2.4.0.2

    Pro: Chaperone Alert (SteamVR only) Requested feature intended mainly for VR Arcades (or for demoing VR to inexperienced users) Warns the user when the headset collides with the chaperone (and asks them to return to center) Can be…

    JL5

February

  1. Version 1.3.3.2 / Pro 2.3.0.7

    1.3.3.2 patch notes Show red info text when the headset is not being tracked (but connection is ok) Help form update with link to Steam Discussions Fix refreshing initial turn count in UI…

    Patch notes

January

  1. Version 1.3.2.1 / Pro 2.2.4.1

    Patch notes Add buttons for shifting the turn count (adjacent to the reset button) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/36982109/c87897ac95f3e611491b17855d8deaff62d9715d.png

    Patch notes

August

  1. Try Pro for Free

    Get a free unlimited evaluation version of Cable Guardian Pro by following the instructions below. The suggested evaluation period is 30 days. Consider purchasing if you like the app. Thanks! 1/3. Install the free (non-pro) Cable Guardian.…

    JL5
  2. Version 1.3.1.7 / Pro 2.2.3.6

    1.3.1.7 patch notes Copy-paste rotation alerts between profiles Pro 2.2.3.6 patch notes Copy-paste rotation alerts between profiles Copy-paste floor markers between profiles Add button to move the floor marker to the headset's location…

    Patch notes

June

  1. User Guide Available

    The guide is split into two parts: 1. Standard Features (applies to both versions of the app: Free and Pro) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2091663814 2. Pro Features (contains the features that are only in the Pro…

    Patch notes

May

  1. PRO Version 2.2.0.1

    Cable Guardian Pro Pop-up status (on-demand overlay) Status overlay in the headset with the current turn count and time Toggle by looking at your feet (or at the sky) Adjustable angle thresholds Useful as a complementary feature or as an…

    JL5
  2. Version 1.3.1.3

    Patch notes Fix default values for a new rotation rule Fix trigger conditions resetting when switching triggering orientation Minor cosmetic changes to be in line with the Pro version

    Patch notes

April

  1. PRO Version 2.1.0.5

    Cable Guardian Pro Automatic Loading of Profiles You can now link applications to a profile. The profile will be loaded automatically when any of those apps run. Select which profile to use with SteamVR (intended for Oculus users who can…

    JL5
  2. Version 1.3.1.0

    Patch notes Separate checkbox for mounting sound in Simplified mode (was tied to reset earlier) Active Profile name is now shown in the tray menu (in full mode) Increased wave loop limit from 9 to 99 Fixed unnecessarily long pauses between…

    Patch notes
  3. PRO Version 2.0.2.2

    New features Always show the half-turn count in the main window A button for generating a feedback email template in the "About" window Patch notes Added center sound to the default profile "Speech" Removed "Show live rotation data" as…

    Patch notes
  4. Version 1.3.0.1

    Simplified mode A more user-friendly mode with less options to worry about (default for fresh installations) Meant for new users, but can be accessed retroactively from the top right corner of the help window…

    Patch notes

March

  1. PRO Version 2.0.1.0

    New Features - Cable Guardian Pro Floor marker visibility can be toggled based on headset position (inside/outside the marker) Floor marker detection area can be adjusted separately from the visible area…

    JL5
  2. Version 1.2.7.1

    Patch notes SteamVR auto-start should now work even if older (github-) installations exist The rule editor is now refreshed correctly when a rule is deleted Reduced flickering when making changes in the rule editor

    Patch notes

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