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Choice of Robots

Choice of Games · 2014-12-19

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 19, 2014 (Linux), Dec 19, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2014 (Mac), Dec 18, 2014 (Android), Dec 18, 2014 (iOS)

Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.

1
playing now
96%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The robots you design will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? Play out thirty years of your life as a brilliant robot maker, from graduate school near the present day to a future in which your robots have changed everything. Depending on your choices, your robots may be independent or obedient, clumsy or graceful, empathic or cold... and you yourself may live to an old age happily married or alone with only robots to comfort you.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 17% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 50k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,000 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.94 at Steam (2014-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.942015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.942015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $3.742016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $3.742016-10-07 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $3.742017-06-22 — best price $4.892017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $3.892019-01-04 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $3.892019-10-15 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $3.892020-01-27 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $3.952021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-11-25 — best price $3.952022-01-05 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $4.892024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $4.892024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $4.962025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $4.892026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.8%
earned "Celebrity"
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6833%72

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

Player tags

RPGIndieLGBTQ+RobotsSci-fiRomanceStory RichText-BasedSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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