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Criticality

Mechabit · 2026-04-28

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short incremental game about splitting atoms and triggering exponentially growing chain reactions.

Criticality is a Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2026, priced at $6.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 60 reviews).

94%
positive of 63 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 29,485 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.89 at Steam (2026-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420262026Week of 2026-04-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.892026-04-282026-08-062026-04-28 — best price $5.242026-05-12 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $5.242026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-07-30 — best price $4.892026-08-06 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Census log

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

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