The Game Census
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EXAPUNKS

Zachtronics · 2018-10-22

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 22, 2018 (Linux), Oct 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 22, 2018 (Mac)

The year is 1997. You used to be a hacker, but now you have the phage. You made a deal: one hack, one dose. There’s nothing left to lose… except your life.

15
playing now
95%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Fanatical (2022-04-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 38 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020182026Week of 2018-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-08-07 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 17 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992018-08-092026-08-302018-08-09 — best price $15.992018-11-23 — best price $15.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-06-18 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $14.992019-12-13 — best price $13.392020-01-22 — best price $13.392020-03-16 — best price $13.392020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-09-21 — best price $19.992020-12-16 — best price $9.992021-03-02 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $9.992021-10-27 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-03-29 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-09-23 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-03-24 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-09-12 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-23 — best price $9.992024-07-12 — best price $19.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-11-14 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $9.992025-05-01 — best price $19.992025-07-14 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
29.3%
earned "АГИТАТОР"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9302%16
Windows (Xbox)20734%16

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

Player tags

IndieLogicPuzzleHackingSandboxCyberpunkDifficultAutomationSimulationProgramming

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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