The Game Census
Construct: Escape the System cover art

Construct: Escape the System

Oliver Boyce · Immanitas Entertainment · 2016-12-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 02, 2016 (Mac), Dec 02, 2016 (Linux), Dec 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.

0
playing now
75%
positive of 173 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 173 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2024-11-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 25 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.372016-12-022026-08-102016-12-02 — best price $6.792017-03-20 — best price $7.992017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-11-28 — best price $7.992018-01-22 — best price $2.402018-11-12 — best price $7.992019-01-10 — best price $2.402019-05-06 — best price $2.402019-10-25 — best price $5.352019-12-12 — best price $2.402020-04-07 — best price $7.092020-07-03 — best price $7.992020-11-14 — best price $7.992021-03-26 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-10-28 — best price $2.712022-01-24 — best price $7.992022-05-26 — best price $7.992022-11-16 — best price $7.092023-03-27 — best price $7.992023-07-24 — best price $1.192023-09-18 — best price $1.792023-11-20 — best price $1.792023-12-25 — best price $7.992024-03-11 — best price $1.802024-07-01 — best price $2.042024-08-08 — best price $7.092024-09-30 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-01-13 — best price $0.992025-03-31 — best price $0.372025-09-09 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-04-13 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $7.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
12.3%
earned "CONSTRUCT"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Russian

Player tags

IndieActionSci-fiSurrealAbstractStylizedAdventureCyberpunkPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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