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Byte Family

Volens Nolens Games · ProPixel Games · 2016-10-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Overcome obstacles and restore the cyber world ByteFamily, eliminating the system virus, unlocking new game modes and gaining new skills! HERE IS THE TERRIBLE WORLD ENEMIES BYTE FAMILY

Byte Family is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 158 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 158 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 28,403 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2680Oct 2016Jun 2025Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2021 — avg 56 · peak 1,099Jun 2021 — avg 37 · peak 769Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 25 · peak 281Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 264May 2022 — avg 13 · peak 184Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 88Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 177Dec 2022 — avg 79 · peak 1,936Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 62Apr 2023 — avg 23 · peak 391Jun 2023 — avg 46 · peak 416Aug 2023 — avg 39 · peak 170Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 291Oct 2024 — avg 63 · peak 733Dec 2024 — avg 188 · peak 1,168Feb 2025 — avg 63 · peak 562Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 109Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.392016-10-272026-08-052016-10-27 — best price $4.492017-04-04 — best price $1.242017-11-22 — best price $1.242018-04-09 — best price $0.492021-02-26 — best price $0.492021-05-07 — best price $0.992021-07-23 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.512021-12-06 — best price $0.512022-01-27 — best price $0.512022-03-28 — best price $0.552022-06-23 — best price $0.552022-08-19 — best price $0.552022-11-22 — best price $0.392022-12-22 — best price $0.392023-02-28 — best price $0.392023-04-13 — best price $0.392023-06-30 — best price $0.392023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-11-13 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-05-05 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-10-06 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-21 — best price $4.992025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-21 — best price $4.992025-11-05 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-15 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $4.992026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

IndieActionCasualAdventure

Census log

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

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