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Attempt[42]

ThinkOfGames · Conglomerate 5 · 2016-12-08

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Challenging first person puzzle platformer.

Attempt[42] is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 371 reviews).

0
playing now
60%
positive of 371 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 65% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.3k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 371 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.14 at GamersGate (2021-08-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 20 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

20002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 200 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1140Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 8 · peak 102Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 18Jun 2017 — avg 25 · peak 627Sep 2017 — avg 28 · peak 502Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 36Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 42Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 54Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 200Jul 2022 — avg 25 · peak 557Oct 2022 — avg 19 · peak 909Jan 2023 — avg 56 · peak 751Apr 2023 — avg 28 · peak 709Jul 2023 — avg 104 · peak 1,298Dec 2023 — avg 13 · peak 315May 2024 — avg 43 · peak 747Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 315Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 107May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 62Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 36Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 87Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 199Jun 2026 — avg 31 · peak 937Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.142016-12-092026-07-272016-12-09 — best price $1.972017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-10-24 — best price $2.992018-01-22 — best price $0.742018-06-05 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $1.492019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-09-20 — best price $2.992020-01-31 — best price $2.992020-06-29 — best price $0.762020-10-16 — best price $2.992021-03-02 — best price $2.992021-05-17 — best price $0.782021-07-15 — best price $0.802021-09-02 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-02-05 — best price $0.992022-05-17 — best price $0.562022-07-14 — best price $0.992022-10-24 — best price $0.492023-01-16 — best price $0.282023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-06-12 — best price $0.992023-08-21 — best price $0.202023-11-21 — best price $0.492023-12-23 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-05-13 — best price $0.992024-07-12 — best price $0.992024-09-17 — best price $0.372024-11-28 — best price $0.372025-01-24 — best price $0.372025-05-12 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $0.492026-05-15 — best price $4.992026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
1.5%
earned "Free Runner"
1.4%
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)16288%2

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzleAbstractColorfulRelaxingMinimalistPlatformerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.