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Chris Johnson · 2015-09-30

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2015 (Linux), Sep 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2015 (Mac)

Expand is a meditative video game in which you explore a circular labyrinth that constantly twists, stretches and expands around you.

Expand is a $5.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2015, with Very Positive sentiment (89% of 435 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 435 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (180 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 435 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320152026Week of 2015-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.592015-10-012024-09-022015-10-01 — best price $4.792015-12-22 — best price $4.792016-04-28 — best price $4.792016-09-08 — best price $4.492016-11-29 — best price $5.992017-01-26 — best price $5.992018-01-25 — best price $5.992018-05-24 — best price $5.992018-07-30 — best price $5.992018-10-01 — best price $5.992018-11-21 — best price $1.792019-01-06 — best price $9.992019-01-25 — best price $1.192019-05-10 — best price $2.992019-08-29 — best price $1.492019-11-21 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-09-05 — best price $5.992023-10-09 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $4.792024-01-18 — best price $1.792024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-09-02 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportCaptions availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)55771%10

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

Player tags

2DMusicShortArcadePuzzleRhythmAbstractRelaxingAdventureController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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