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Archimedes

Joshua Hughes · 2016-10-06

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 06, 2016 (Linux), Oct 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2016 (Mac)

After you purchase and install Archimedes, an old operating system appears to be running, and a strange man asks for your help as you start to discover the terrible secrets behind the game.

Archimedes is an Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 213 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 213 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 213 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2017-09-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820162026Week of 2016-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.742016-09-022026-07-092016-09-02 — best price $0.992016-10-11 — best price $2.992016-10-14 — best price $2.992016-11-01 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $2.992017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-01-26 — best price $2.992017-03-06 — best price $2.992017-05-11 — best price $1.192017-05-25 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-09-09 — best price $0.742017-09-23 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.042017-12-21 — best price $1.042018-01-11 — best price $0.892018-02-15 — best price $1.042018-05-10 — best price $0.892018-06-22 — best price $0.892018-10-30 — best price $0.892018-11-21 — best price $0.892018-12-20 — best price $0.742019-02-04 — best price $0.742020-03-24 — best price $1.992020-06-01 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9721%23

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

Player tags

GoreIndieHorrorHackingPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.