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Cycle 28 cover art

Cycle 28

Pill Bug Interactive · 2018-03-09

Steam

ActionCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2018 (Mac), Aug 02, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 09, 2018 (Linux)

A BAFTA Cymru-nominated arcade space shooter about momentum. There is no brake. You learn to fly with what you've got, die, and get a little better each time. No random builds, no unfair deaths. Every run you lose, you lost. Just one more cycle.

Cycle 28 is a $3.99 Action and Casual game released in 2018, with Very Positive (81% of 59 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
81%
positive of 59 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

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

All-time low: $0.67 at Steam (2024-11-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.672018-03-102026-07-272018-03-10 — best price $4.492018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-02-12 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-10-07 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $1.742020-01-20 — best price $6.992020-04-20 — best price $1.392020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-11-25 — best price $1.392021-01-18 — best price $6.992021-04-26 — best price $1.392021-09-06 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $1.042022-01-24 — best price $6.992022-06-13 — best price $1.042022-07-25 — best price $6.992022-10-31 — best price $1.042022-12-12 — best price $6.992023-03-16 — best price $1.042023-05-15 — best price $6.992023-08-14 — best price $1.042023-11-13 — best price $6.992024-02-12 — best price $1.042024-04-15 — best price $6.992024-07-15 — best price $1.742024-11-11 — best price $0.672025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $0.672025-05-26 — best price $3.992025-08-25 — best price $0.672025-12-01 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $0.672026-04-27 — best price $3.992026-07-20 — best price $0.672026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
72.5%
earned "This is New"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionArcadeShooterDifficultRogue-likeBullet HellReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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