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And Yet It Moves

Broken Rules · 2009-04-02

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 27, 2010 (Wii), Apr 02, 2009 (Linux), Apr 02, 2009 (Mac), Apr 02, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 29, 2015 (iOS)

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.

And Yet It Moves is a 2009 Action and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (70% of 1335 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

0
playing now
70%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (34 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platform game developed by independent developer Broken Rules. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux on April 2, 2009, and for Wii as a WiiWare title in August 2010. And Yet It Moves was originally designed as a computer science project at the Vienna University of Technology in 2007. When the original prototype won or was nominated for awards at various independent game festivals, the team decided to create a full version of the game.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 53k–107k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,336 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-06-11) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Jul 2012Jul 2023Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2012 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2013 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2014 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 14Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2023

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

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $3.392017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-03-11 — best price $0.002018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-03-15 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-11-11 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $9.992024-01-29 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-05 — best price $4.992025-04-14 — best price $3.392025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-07-28 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-08 — best price $9.992026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-07-20 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-10-02 — best price $0.992026-10-06 — best price $0.992026-10-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3162026-05-30 — 18 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-23 — 16 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 23 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 14 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 16 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 24 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 16 pageviews2026-09-07 — 23 pageviews2026-09-11 — 15 pageviews2026-09-15 — 10 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 15 pageviews2026-09-27 — 15 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 26 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
60.6%
earned "Stuntman"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,5121%30

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualPuzzlePhysicsSurrealPlatformerExperimentalSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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