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Caliper

Tort · Conglomerate 5 · 2017-02-01

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 01, 2017 (Linux), Feb 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

All or something is preventing and helping, freezing and melting, braking and slipping, glowing and fading. The devices are subordinated with the common laws of a puzzle. That, that is melted that will not be frozen and will not swim. But there is something unfired that drowning and freezing. The Ice bridges are not for the fire coals.

Caliper is a 2017 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 155 reviews).

2
playing now
75%
positive of 155 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

All or something is preventing and helping, freezing and melting, braking and slipping, glowing and fading.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 29,339 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 155 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at Steam (2023-04-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 12 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-16 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.302017-02-022026-07-272017-02-02 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $0.662017-09-28 — best price $0.992018-02-23 — best price $0.662018-05-30 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.662019-04-03 — best price $0.992019-08-25 — best price $0.742019-11-13 — best price $0.992020-04-30 — best price $0.662020-09-07 — best price $0.992021-04-12 — best price $0.662021-07-08 — best price $0.992022-01-27 — best price $0.662023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-07-17 — best price $0.302023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-01-29 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $0.992024-05-06 — best price $0.492024-06-24 — best price $0.992024-07-29 — best price $0.492024-09-16 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492024-12-16 — best price $0.992025-02-03 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-05-05 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-08-25 — best price $0.492025-10-13 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-01-19 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleColorfulPlatformerSimulationSingleplayer3D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.