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ERROR143

Jenny Vi Pham · 2022-07-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 30, 2022 (Mac), Jun 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers visual novel where you fall in love after first hack.

92%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

A bickering and bantering rivals-to-lovers hacking game! Your rival just bested you in a hacking competition. Were you going to be a sane person and let that slide? HECK NO! You hack into his database and leave him a little message, proving your superiority. --but what's this? He's hacked you back? Well, two can play this game.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 767 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~96/week).
  • · Review velocity up 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-12-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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38938920222026Week of 2022-07-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

20
achievements tracked
21.7%
earned "Error 143"
0.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing6 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Romanian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1461%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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