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Beam cover art

Beam

Binary Impact · CobraTekku Games · 2020-09-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.

Beam is a 2020 Action, Adventure and Indie game priced at $18.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 60 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 60 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$18.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

BEAM is a precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams in order to find a way out of a crashed spaceship.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 73% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 48% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.89 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520202024Week of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$18.99$1.892020-09-292026-03-262020-09-29 — best price $18.992020-11-02 — best price $18.992020-12-01 — best price $18.992021-01-05 — best price $18.992021-07-08 — best price $18.992021-11-01 — best price $18.992021-12-01 — best price $18.992022-01-05 — best price $18.992022-02-17 — best price $18.992022-07-07 — best price $18.992023-01-05 — best price $18.992023-07-13 — best price $18.992023-09-15 — best price $18.992023-10-30 — best price $18.992023-11-28 — best price $18.992023-12-19 — best price $18.992024-01-04 — best price $18.992024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-05-31 — best price $18.992024-07-11 — best price $18.992024-12-04 — best price $18.992024-12-20 — best price $3.792025-01-20 — best price $11.392025-02-26 — best price $3.792025-03-13 — best price $3.792025-04-13 — best price $3.792025-05-20 — best price $3.792025-06-27 — best price $1.892025-07-24 — best price $1.892025-09-05 — best price $1.892025-09-29 — best price $1.892025-11-12 — best price $18.992025-12-06 — best price $18.992026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-02-25 — best price $18.992026-03-26 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "Ahh it works!"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DFunnySpacePuzzleSci-fiPhysicsScienceAdventureDifficultDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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