The Game Census
Gadgeteer cover art

Gadgeteer

Metanaut · 2020-08-27

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: May 25, 2021 (PlayStation VR), Oct 24, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Apr 23, 2019 (SteamVR), Oct 24, 2019 (Meta Quest 2)

Gadgeteer is a physics-based VR puzzle game where you build chain reaction machines to solve fun, intricate puzzles. Your machines will use gadgets to launch, bump, twist, and turn—creating chain reactions that may even end up tearing apart the fabric of space-time.

97%
positive of 123 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (13 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 30,899 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320192026Week of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$10.492019-04-242024-03-012019-04-24 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $10.492021-11-25 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-07-18 — best price $10.492022-08-26 — best price $11.012022-11-15 — best price $11.012022-11-30 — best price $11.012023-02-15 — best price $13.492023-03-02 — best price $11.012023-03-15 — best price $13.492023-03-25 — best price $13.492023-03-29 — best price $11.012023-04-03 — best price $10.492023-04-12 — best price $11.012023-05-03 — best price $11.012023-06-08 — best price $14.992023-06-17 — best price $11.012023-06-27 — best price $11.012023-07-12 — best price $14.992023-08-31 — best price $11.012023-09-28 — best price $14.992023-10-07 — best price $14.992023-10-19 — best price $11.012023-12-07 — best price $11.012023-12-16 — best price $14.992023-12-26 — best price $11.012024-02-13 — best price $11.012024-03-01 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French

Player tags

VRIndieCasualPuzzlePhysicsSandboxBuildingStrategyEducationSimulation

Census log

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

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