The Game Census
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Blink

nextReality Games · 2017-03-10

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 10, 2017 (Mac), Mar 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Blink into a world of after-images, where you can walk on light. Solve puzzles by manipulating lights and blinking between worlds. Explore hand drawn landscapes while uncovering the secrets behind this strange power.

92%
positive of 78 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 48% of 24,248 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2019-06-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172025Week of 2017-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$0.692017-03-102025-10-142017-03-10 — best price $4.892017-03-18 — best price $6.992017-05-25 — best price $6.992017-09-07 — best price $4.192017-11-16 — best price $3.492017-12-21 — best price $2.372018-01-25 — best price $6.992018-12-03 — best price $1.042019-02-12 — best price $6.992019-06-24 — best price $6.992019-11-21 — best price $0.692020-01-09 — best price $0.692020-01-27 — best price $2.792020-05-21 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $1.392021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-06-24 — best price $0.692021-10-04 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $0.692022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $0.692022-12-19 — best price $6.992023-03-06 — best price $0.692023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $1.392025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-10-07 — best price $1.042025-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-03-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieAdventurePlatformerPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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