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Gentoo Rescue cover art

Gentoo Rescue

Jagriff · 2025-05-22

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2025 (Mac), May 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 22, 2025 (Linux)

A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.

100%
positive of 246 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.59
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.9k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 246 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2026-05-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320252026Week of 2025-05-22: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$13.992025-05-222026-08-152025-05-22 — best price $17.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $15.992025-08-26 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $16.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $15.992025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $15.992026-02-11 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $15.992026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $13.992026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $15.792026-07-09 — best price $15.192026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-15 — best price $14.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
99.4%
earned "Pengwin"
39.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pace1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1824%34

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

Player tags

2D3DCuteLogicCasualPuzzleSokobanRelaxingDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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