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One Tree Hill Studios · 2022-01-24

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

PLC Ladder Logic programming simulator.

74%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 33,477 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$8.992022-01-242026-07-092022-01-24 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $8.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992023-04-24 — best price $10.492023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $10.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $10.042023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $11.242024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $10.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $10.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $10.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $10.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-14 — best price $10.492025-07-21 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $10.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $10.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2D3DIndiePuzzlePhysicsColorfulStrategyTutorialEducationAutomation

Census log

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

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