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Copy Editor: A RegEx Puzzle

Christopher Jarvis · Cinq-Mars Media · 2021-10-14

SteamMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2021 (Mac), Oct 14, 2021 (Linux)

Copy Editor is an intricate puzzle game that teaches you Regular Expressions (RegEx), commonly used in computer science and language theory. Build complex rules that process and revise famous texts for your wacky and demanding publisher!

54%
positive of 59 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 69% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,145 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 0 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920212026Week of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleHackingRelaxingStrategyTacticalEducationWord GameMinimalist

Census log

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