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FOTONICA cover art

FOTONICA

Santa Ragione · 2014-11-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 17, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2011 (Mac), Nov 28, 2012 (Linux), Mar 23, 2015 (Android), Dec 03, 2013 (Ouya), Sep 11, 2014 (iOS)

Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

FOTONICA is a 2014 Action, Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 881 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 887 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Fotonica is a cross platform, endless runner video game developed by Italian indie studio Santa Ragione and released on July 17, 2011.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

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

Current store prices

Steam$1.94-87%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Desura (2012-05-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 38 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek 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.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
320Nov 2014Jul 2024Nov 2014 — avg 6 · peak 39Feb 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2015 — avg 3 · peak 21Aug 2015 — avg 32 · peak 218Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 25Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 13Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jul 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.292015-01-012026-10-082015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-25 — best price $1.992015-09-09 — best price $4.992016-01-15 — best price $1.892016-05-16 — best price $3.392016-10-03 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.292017-04-17 — best price $9.992017-07-10 — best price $9.992017-11-13 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $1.492018-10-22 — best price $2.092019-01-14 — best price $14.992019-05-24 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-13 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-03-28 — best price $2.242022-07-11 — best price $3.742022-11-14 — best price $1.942023-01-20 — best price $2.992023-05-29 — best price $2.992023-08-25 — best price $14.992023-11-17 — best price $3.742024-03-14 — best price $3.742024-05-23 — best price $4.492024-08-15 — best price $1.492024-12-02 — best price $14.992025-04-14 — best price $2.992025-07-17 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $1.942026-06-04 — best price $2.992026-08-10 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.242026-10-08 — best price $1.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 0 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-22 — 0 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 0 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 3 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 2 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1 pageviews2026-10-02 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
73.8%
earned "Apprentice"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam Leaderboards

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6962%20

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeCasualRunnerParkourAbstractMinimalistPlatformerCult Classic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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