The Game Census
CodeSpells cover art

CodeSpells

ThoughtSTEM, LLC · 2015-09-18

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2015 (Mac)

Craft any magical spell you can imagine using the most powerful tool there is: code. CodeSpells is currently an unguided, sandbox experience for the bravest wizards who want to help the developers steer the game's development.

39%
positive of 265 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (19 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 22,298 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 265 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720152026Week of 2015-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.992015-09-182021-01-052015-09-18 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $13.392016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $14.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-06-23 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $13.392017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $13.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $11.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-15 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieMagicActionCodingSandboxAdventureEducationSimulationMultiplayerProgramming

Census log

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

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