The Game Census
Chip cover art

Chip

Coatsink · 2014-04-25

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 25, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 24, 2014 (DOS)

Chip is an isometric puzzle game with robots, electricity and fancy dress! The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The player must help recharge Chip - a plucky little red robot - who has been imprisoned by the nefarious villain, Rust.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,171 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.25 at GamersGate (2018-12-26) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 25 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.34$0.402015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $1.392015-04-20 — best price $6.992015-07-20 — best price $1.042015-11-25 — best price $0.692016-02-05 — best price $1.742017-05-25 — best price $6.992018-01-16 — best price $6.532018-06-14 — best price $0.672018-08-23 — best price $1.892018-09-13 — best price $6.992018-10-05 — best price $7.302018-12-14 — best price $0.502019-10-28 — best price $2.492020-01-04 — best price $4.452020-02-12 — best price $4.352020-06-25 — best price $1.992021-01-06 — best price $4.182021-08-11 — best price $4.992021-12-02 — best price $4.992022-02-25 — best price $1.272022-04-28 — best price $1.272022-07-19 — best price $4.992022-09-23 — best price $3.742023-02-04 — best price $4.992023-04-21 — best price $2.992023-08-14 — best price $0.422023-11-24 — best price $4.992024-02-01 — best price $4.182024-03-29 — best price $3.822024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-03-12 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992026-05-28 — best price $0.992026-08-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
35%
earned "The Quest Begins"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,7415%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzleRobotsStrategyIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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