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A Dance of Fire and Ice cover art

A Dance of Fire and Ice

7th Beat Games · 2019-01-24

SteamMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 22, 2019 (iOS), Jan 24, 2019 (Linux), Oct 04, 2014 (Android), Aug 25, 2014 (Mac), Aug 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict rhythm game. Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.

1,057
playing now
94%
positive of 83k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.79
steam price (US)

1,057 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Keep your focus as you guide two orbiting planets along a winding path without breaking their perfect equilibrium.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

A Dance of Fire and Ice trailer thumbnail

A Dance of Fire and Ice - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,057 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,411 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~801/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 2.1M–5.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83,279 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$1.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.79-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Microsoft Store (2021-12-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20192026Week of 2019-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 885 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,836 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,986 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,243 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,851 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,139 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,658 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,745 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,393 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 954 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,346 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,005 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 992 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,158 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,248 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 952 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 970 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,032 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,015 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 723 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 755 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 949 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.0k02026-08-06 21:00 — 636 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,229 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,937 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 715 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,196 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,959 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 741 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 2,490 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,843 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 634 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,117 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,837 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 630 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,227 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,830 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 573 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,875 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,905 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 697 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,327 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,389 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 726 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,691 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 805 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 854 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 2,181 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,477 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 1,057 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.992019-01-252026-08-272019-01-25 — best price $2.692019-06-26 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $3.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-03-09 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-11-25 — best price $4.192021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-04-02 — best price $4.792021-05-31 — best price $5.992021-10-28 — best price $4.492021-12-01 — best price $5.992022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-05-30 — best price $4.792022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $4.792023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-16 — best price $4.792023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $4.792024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-04-15 — best price $5.092024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-11-04 — best price $4.792024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-08-27 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

10202026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
76.9%
earned "World 1 Complete"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing3 DLC

15 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Vietnamese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,2295%47
Switch (Nintendo)200%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieMusicActionArcadeCasualRhythmFantasyColorfulDifficult

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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