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Akin

ThinkOfGames · Conglomerate 5 · 2016-06-06

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this puzzle, you only have to draw one continuous line. There are 96 puzzles on "Normal"-mode and 96 puzzles in "Time"-mode. Each puzzles can have many different solutions. This is game is Steamworks integrated with achivements, badges, trading cards and more.

Akin is a 2016 Casual and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 988 reviews).

2
playing now
78%
positive of 988 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 988 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at GamersGate (2021-08-23) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 15 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

20002026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 200 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2070Jun 2016Sep 2026Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 21Jun 2017 — avg 29 · peak 523Sep 2017 — avg 35 · peak 889Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 90Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 21Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 64Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 19Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 188Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 448Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 469Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 103Jan 2023 — avg 61 · peak 1,128Apr 2023 — avg 26 · peak 833Jul 2023 — avg 145 · peak 1,336Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 65Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 174Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 270Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 299Oct 2024 — avg 38 · peak 158Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 14Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 245Jul 2025 — avg 34 · peak 750Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 199Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 226Sep 2026 — avg 13 · peak 202

▲ +6 avg players vs prior month — Sep 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.202016-06-072026-07-272016-06-07 — best price $2.002017-04-18 — best price $2.992017-07-24 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-02-15 — best price $0.742018-08-02 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $1.012019-02-07 — best price $0.752019-09-16 — best price $0.752020-01-27 — best price $0.562020-04-23 — best price $0.562020-07-27 — best price $2.992020-12-18 — best price $2.992021-04-30 — best price $2.992021-06-21 — best price $3.992021-08-09 — best price $3.992021-10-28 — best price $0.542021-12-27 — best price $0.992022-03-07 — best price $0.542022-05-26 — best price $0.992022-08-15 — best price $0.492022-11-28 — best price $0.362023-02-14 — best price $0.202023-04-10 — best price $0.282023-06-15 — best price $0.202023-08-28 — best price $0.992023-11-22 — best price $2.002023-12-25 — best price $0.992024-03-25 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-11-22 — best price $2.002025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-08-11 — best price $0.492026-02-16 — best price $0.492026-07-13 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
5.5%
earned "Normal Mode Beginner"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,04625%9

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleClickerPhysicsSokobanTradingRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.