The Game Census
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Bars and Balance

Mykhail Konokh · 2017-11-10

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Relaxing physics puzzle game with minimalist design.

87%
positive of 82 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 15,737 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-05-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.492017-11-112026-05-182017-11-11 — best price $1.592018-02-19 — best price $1.992018-07-30 — best price $0.792018-11-19 — best price $1.992019-01-14 — best price $0.792019-03-25 — best price $1.992019-07-22 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-06-01 — best price $0.492020-07-27 — best price $1.992020-11-09 — best price $0.712021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-04-12 — best price $0.892021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.892021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.892022-04-11 — best price $1.992022-06-24 — best price $0.892022-08-29 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $0.892023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-16 — best price $0.892023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-10-09 — best price $0.892023-12-11 — best price $1.992024-02-26 — best price $0.892024-04-15 — best price $1.992024-07-15 — best price $0.892024-10-21 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $0.892025-03-10 — best price $1.992025-05-26 — best price $0.892025-07-21 — best price $1.992025-11-17 — best price $0.892026-02-23 — best price $1.992026-05-11 — best price $0.892026-05-18 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieShortCasualPuzzlePhysicsAbstractRelaxingMinimalistMouse onlyAtmospheric

Census log

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

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