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Containment cover art

Containment

Finite Reflection Studios · 2018-02-09

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 19, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 09, 2018 (Mac), Feb 09, 2018 (Linux)

Containment is a turn-based, minimalist strategy game about managing the growth of bacteria. Use antibiotics to keep their power under control as you work towards containment.

85%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 20,583 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.492018-02-112026-07-092018-02-11 — best price $1.492018-04-23 — best price $1.492018-06-22 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $1.492018-11-21 — best price $1.492018-12-21 — best price $0.992019-06-25 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $1.492021-11-24 — best price $1.492021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-01-27 — best price $1.492022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-11-22 — best price $0.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $1.192025-06-26 — best price $0.992025-10-01 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.792026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, German, French

Player tags

CuteIndieShortCasualPuzzleAmbientStrategyDifficultSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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