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A Pixel Story cover art

A Pixel Story

Lamplight Studios · 2015-03-30

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 30, 2015 (Mac), Feb 24, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 24, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Mar 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Pixel Story is a devious 2D puzzle platformer that charts the evolution of video games. You must use your Magical Teleportation Hat to explore 6 increasingly detailed zones on your quest to reach the core of The System to stop the evil OS and save the world.

78%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 54% of 23,884 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2018-09-07) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $10.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-03-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieActionAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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