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Chip's Challenge 1 cover art

Chip's Challenge 1

Niffler Ltd. · 2015-05-28

Steam

ActionAdventureStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

Chip's Challenge 1 is a 2015 Action, Adventure, Strategy and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 974 reviews).

5
playing now
90%
positive of 974 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Chip's Challenge is a top-down tile-based puzzle video game originally published in 1989 by Epyx as a launch title for the Atari Lynx. It was later ported to several other systems and was included in the Windows 3.1 bundle Microsoft Entertainment Pack 4 (1992), and the Windows version of the Best of Microsoft Entertainment Pack (1995), where it found a much larger audience.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-03-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520172026Week of 2017-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2152026-09-15 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
326May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 9 · peak 79Sep 2015 — avg 9 · peak 22Jan 2016 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2017 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2017 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 10 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 9 · peak 20Sep 2018 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 13 · peak 28Sep 2020 — avg 32 · peak 246Jan 2021 — avg 25 · peak 48May 2021 — avg 21 · peak 40Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 24 · peak 42May 2022 — avg 19 · peak 35Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 30Jan 2023 — avg 21 · peak 37May 2023 — avg 18 · peak 34Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 32May 2024 — avg 14 · peak 26Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 26May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 30Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 31May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.002015-05-292020-09-212015-05-29 — best price $1.992015-06-22 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $1.992015-12-01 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $1.992016-02-12 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-11-01 — best price $1.992016-11-14 — best price $1.992016-11-29 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-04-03 — best price $1.992017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $1.992017-11-29 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-04-02 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-10-08 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992018-12-10 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $1.992019-05-06 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-01-27 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-09-21 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.9k692026-06-01 — 139 pageviews2026-06-05 — 110 pageviews2026-06-09 — 79 pageviews2026-06-13 — 69 pageviews2026-06-17 — 83 pageviews2026-06-21 — 74 pageviews2026-06-25 — 658 pageviews2026-06-29 — 495 pageviews2026-07-03 — 135 pageviews2026-07-07 — 127 pageviews2026-07-11 — 105 pageviews2026-07-15 — 92 pageviews2026-07-19 — 94 pageviews2026-07-23 — 90 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-31 — 87 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-08 — 99 pageviews2026-08-12 — 101 pageviews2026-08-16 — 84 pageviews2026-08-20 — 131 pageviews2026-08-24 — 109 pageviews2026-08-28 — 79 pageviews2026-09-01 — 88 pageviews2026-09-05 — 86 pageviews2026-09-09 — 89 pageviews2026-09-13 — 93 pageviews2026-09-17 — 85 pageviews2026-09-21 — 90 pageviews2026-09-25 — 103 pageviews2026-09-29 — 90 pageviews2026-10-03 — 81 pageviews2026-10-07 — 88 pageviews2026-10-10 — 100 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
79.8%
earned "First Five"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9193%24

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

Player tags

2DLogicRetro1990'sArcadePuzzleRebootSokobanStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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