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变量2

Asteroid Game Studio · 2021-10-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After two years of precipitation, we re-made this variable sequel after thinking about it! Variable 2 is a unique stand-alone tower defense game. We have enriched the building and elements of tower defense, and the experience in the game can be changed according to your ideas!

变量2 is a $14.99 Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 457 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 457 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (217 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.1k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 457 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18918920212026Week of 2021-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
45.3%
earned "Countless"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1454%72

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DVoxelCasualBuildingStrategy3D VisionRogue-likeRogue-liteTower DefensePixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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