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Almost There: The Platformer cover art

Almost There: The Platformer

Bony Yousuf · The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild · 2019-02-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 09, 2018 (iOS), Jun 24, 2018 (Android), Feb 19, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 19, 2019 (Linux)

Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.

Almost There: The Platformer is an Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 486 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
64%
positive of 486 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2.95★
PlayStation Store rating (63 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 486 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Humble Store (2023-05-05) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220192026Week of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Feb 2019Feb 2026Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 11 · peak 114Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 63Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 29Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 14Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 178Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 11Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 29Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Feb 2026

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

Price history

$9.99$0.892019-02-202026-10-102019-02-20 — best price $7.992019-06-25 — best price $6.992019-09-23 — best price $4.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-06 — best price $9.992020-08-10 — best price $9.992020-11-28 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-05-06 — best price $0.992022-09-05 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-05-08 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-30 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $0.892024-03-14 — best price $3.192024-07-15 — best price $3.092024-10-09 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-01-23 — best price $0.992025-03-31 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-12-01 — best price $9.992026-02-19 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $0.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
48.3%
earned "Getting Started"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

23 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6246%24
Xbox One (Xbox)80812%24
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)64434%25
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualCartoonParkourAbstractDifficultMinimalistPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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