The Game Census
forma.8 cover art

forma.8

MixedBag Srl · 2017-02-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2017 (Wii U), Feb 23, 2017 (Mac), Feb 23, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 23, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

forma.8 is a unique take on the proven Metroidvania action-adventure formula, with a striking visual style and a huge world to explore.

81%
positive of 63 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 14,672 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 63 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.992017-02-032026-08-032017-02-03 — best price $13.492017-03-02 — best price $14.992017-05-15 — best price $7.492017-05-25 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-09-01 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-12-14 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-08-30 — best price $2.992018-11-15 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-01-24 — best price $9.992024-11-25 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-06-22 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese…

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventureControllerOpen WorldExplorationMetroidvaniaSingleplayerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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