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Homebrew - Patent Unknown cover art

Homebrew - Patent Unknown

Copybugpaste · 2014-11-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRacingSimulationSportsEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 14, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unleash your creativity and craft anything from flying cars to jet-powered toilets.Fair warning: there's a learning curve. But once you've got it, the sky's the limit for your creations!While active development is paused, we focus preserving the game and keeping it accessible.

Homebrew - Patent Unknown is a 2014 Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 972 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 974 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 28,012 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 974 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-10-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620162026Week of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.002015-01-012026-01-052015-01-01 — best price $10.792015-06-11 — best price $8.992015-08-24 — best price $10.792015-11-25 — best price $7.192016-02-05 — best price $10.792016-10-13 — best price $12.052016-12-22 — best price $8.992017-05-22 — best price $14.392017-08-28 — best price $13.492017-11-14 — best price $4.492017-12-21 — best price $4.492018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-05-25 — best price $5.992018-08-06 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $5.992019-01-09 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-06-18 — best price $2.692019-08-12 — best price $4.492019-11-01 — best price $17.992020-01-02 — best price $17.992020-03-02 — best price $17.992020-04-21 — best price $13.222020-05-20 — best price $13.222020-07-09 — best price $17.992020-11-16 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-05-27 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $10.492024-07-01 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

PvPMechsSpaceRacingDrivingSandboxScienceBuildingEducationExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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