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Falling words

Mikhail Melnikov · SA Industry · 2018-05-16

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 16, 2018 (Mac), May 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 16, 2018 (Linux)

Falling Words - a simulator game created to improve the results of high-speed typing with three different difficulty levels, detailed statistics and a global ranking.

Falling words is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $0.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mixed (62% of 160 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 160 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 160 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$0.492018-05-172026-08-242018-05-17 — best price $0.592018-08-02 — best price $0.992018-11-22 — best price $0.492019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-10-03 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-05-24 — best price $0.992020-10-13 — best price $0.492020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-09-21 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-06-06 — best price $0.992022-09-17 — best price $9.992022-11-30 — best price $0.992023-01-25 — best price $9.992023-04-09 — best price $0.992023-07-27 — best price $9.992023-11-08 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $13.992024-04-13 — best price $1.392024-07-11 — best price $13.992024-10-23 — best price $0.832025-01-02 — best price $13.992025-03-21 — best price $0.832025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "A"
32.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieTypingSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.