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DYE cover art

DYE

Bat Country Games, LLC · 2017-02-23

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 23, 2017 (Mac), Feb 23, 2017 (Linux), Feb 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2018 (Xbox One)

DYE is a challenging precision platformer where you help Hue rescue Pigments and defeat the nefarious Necrolights in order to restore color to the world! Jump, wall jump and float your way through 4 unique worlds with hundreds of challenges ranging from beginner to advanced level.

78%
positive of 106 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 24,510 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-11-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.492017-02-252026-10-072017-02-25 — best price $8.992017-06-12 — best price $5.002017-07-31 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $5.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $2.492018-04-09 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $1.692018-10-30 — best price $1.242018-11-21 — best price $1.242019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-10-28 — best price $1.242019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-10-29 — best price $1.242020-12-22 — best price $1.242021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $0.542022-12-05 — best price $0.542023-01-09 — best price $0.542023-03-16 — best price $0.542023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-08-28 — best price $0.492023-11-21 — best price $0.492023-12-22 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $0.792026-06-25 — best price $0.792026-08-24 — best price $0.792026-10-07 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
15.1%
earned "DYE"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-23 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionColorfulAdventureDifficultControllerFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

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

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