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Tim Kashani · Fireapples · 2020-11-20

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 20, 2020 (Mac), Nov 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

One mountain; Zero checkpoints

94%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61 reviews).
  • · Top 46% of 11,726 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2023-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 5 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020202026Week of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492020-11-202026-10-012020-11-20 — best price $3.992020-11-27 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992021-12-23 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
51.8%
earned "The Beginning"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DSnowRetroComedyPuzzleParkourPhysicsStrategyMinimalistPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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