The Game Census
Button Tales cover art

Button Tales

Anvate Games · 2016-12-22

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Button Tales is a breathtaking and challenging Match 3 game with innovation mechanics. This is a real fresh perspective on the Match 3 genre. Meet cute characters and explore the breathtaking environment. The wonderful music and effects will help you delve right into the game.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 101 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 9,568 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 101 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-01-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$0.492016-12-232026-07-272016-12-23 — best price $4.492017-05-04 — best price $2.672017-08-03 — best price $1.592017-11-05 — best price $1.992018-01-12 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.592019-02-16 — best price $1.992019-08-31 — best price $0.992019-11-24 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-04-21 — best price $2.932020-06-14 — best price $0.992020-09-25 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-02-27 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-12-10 — best price $0.992022-04-15 — best price $1.992022-07-22 — best price $0.992022-10-24 — best price $1.992023-02-15 — best price $0.992023-04-14 — best price $1.992023-07-21 — best price $0.992023-11-11 — best price $1.992024-01-11 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $5.492024-06-14 — best price $10.992024-09-25 — best price $1.092024-12-04 — best price $10.992025-02-17 — best price $1.092025-05-12 — best price $10.992025-08-25 — best price $0.872025-11-24 — best price $0.872026-02-16 — best price $0.872026-04-06 — best price $10.992026-07-13 — best price $0.982026-07-27 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
4.4%
earned "SPRINTER"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualPuzzleCartoonMatch 3CartoonyColorfulRelaxing

Census log

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