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Crayon Physics Deluxe

Kloonigames · 2009-05-06

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 29, 2008 (iOS), Jun 12, 2013 (Android), Jan 07, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2011 (Mac), Jul 27, 2011 (Linux)

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2009 Casual Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (86% of 1173 reviews) sentiment.

1
playing now
86%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a puzzle video game designed by Petri Purho and released on January 5, 2009. An early version, titled Crayon Physics, was released for Windows in June 2007. Deluxe won the grand prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2008. It features a heavy emphasis on two-dimensional physics simulations, including gravity, mass, kinetic energy and transfer of momentum. The game includes a level editor and enables its players to download and share custom content via an online service.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 76% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 47k–94k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,179 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.25 at GamersGate (2022-06-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
161Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2013 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 13Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 18Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $17.952015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-12-08 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $1.992018-12-17 — best price $17.952019-02-05 — best price $1.792019-07-10 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-25 — best price $17.952020-12-23 — best price $1.352021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-09 — best price $17.952021-11-25 — best price $1.342022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-04 — best price $17.952022-11-23 — best price $1.342023-01-03 — best price $17.952023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-06-30 — best price $1.252023-11-29 — best price $17.952024-03-15 — best price $1.342024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-07 — best price $1.342025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-03 — best price $1.342025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-06 — best price $17.952026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-10-03 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2872026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 16 pageviews2026-09-20 — 17 pageviews2026-09-24 — 28 pageviews2026-09-28 — 22 pageviews2026-10-02 — 21 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualPuzzlePhysicsSandboxRelaxingHand-drawnSimulation

Census log

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

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