The Game Census
DERU - The Art of Cooperation cover art

DERU - The Art of Cooperation

Ink Kit · 2018-11-07

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 07, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2018 (Mac), Nov 07, 2018 (Linux)

DERU - The Art of Cooperation is a cooperative puzzle game that mixes eye catching abstract art with mind bending puzzles to a unique gaming experience.

88%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 24,102 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520182026Week of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStats1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-11-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieCasualPuzzleAbstractColorfulDifficultControllerMinimalist

Census log

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

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