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CHR$(143) cover art

CHR$(143)

Nicolas Jean · 2021-08-04

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2021 (Linux)

A rich and challenging physics-based puzzle /logic /construction /programming game! Master ballistics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, chemical and nuclear reactions, use automation bricks, build structures, machines, vehicles, produce power, solve puzzles, pierce the fog and defeat CHR$!

96%
positive of 82 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Guiding a small group of "agents", you will gradually discover a Lost World, the seemingly simple graphics of which conceal its hidden complexity... You will learn to move in it, to understand its physical properties, to accumulate sufficient stocks of materials, to build structures, machines and vehicles, to engineer various types of power plants to fullfill your growing needs for energy, and to search, sometimes even in the fog of war, for the enemy that your destiny requires you to defeat... 72 built-in levels + unlockable User Level Editor and (experimental) unlockable LAN Multiplayer Mo(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 28,840 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620212026Week of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.592021-08-042026-08-102021-08-04 — best price $3.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-05-16 — best price $2.392022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-09-05 — best price $1.992022-10-17 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.192023-02-06 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $3.192023-06-12 — best price $7.992023-07-31 — best price $3.192023-10-30 — best price $7.992024-02-12 — best price $3.192024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-06-03 — best price $3.192024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-07 — best price $3.192024-11-25 — best price $7.992025-02-03 — best price $3.192025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-05-19 — best price $3.192025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-11-10 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $3.192026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-08-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

16 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Greek, Polish, Romanian…

Player tags

2D1980sIndieLogicRetroPuzzlePhysicsBuildingCraftingAutomation

Census log

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

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