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Haiku, the Robot cover art

Haiku, the Robot

Mister Morris Games · 2022-04-28

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 28, 2022 (Mac), Apr 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.

11
playing now
90%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.79
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Haiku the Robot is a 2022 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Estonian studio Mister Morris Games. It was released on 28 April 2022 for Windows and macOS, and for Nintendo Switch on 9 September 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 239 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 71k–160k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,548 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.79-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-08-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40340320222026Week of 2022-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2422026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992022-04-282026-08-222022-04-28 — best price $16.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-30 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $13.992023-04-24 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.392023-08-28 — best price $19.992023-11-03 — best price $12.592023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $11.992024-03-11 — best price $19.992024-04-10 — best price $10.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-07-15 — best price $9.992024-08-28 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-06 — best price $8.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $7.992025-05-14 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-18 — best price $6.792025-11-17 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $6.792026-03-28 — best price $19.992026-06-03 — best price $6.792026-07-09 — best price $6.792026-08-22 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
75%
earned "For Safekeeping"
33.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

5 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, German, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,02116%40
Switch (Nintendo)1200%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteRetroRobotsAdventureLore-RichOpen WorldPlatformerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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