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HyperDot

Tribe Games · GLITCH · 2020-01-30

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 31, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 31, 2020 (Linux), Jan 31, 2020 (Xbox One), Jan 27, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 31, 2020 (Mac)

HyperDot is a minimal action arcade masterpiece with one rule: dodge everything. A game by Charles McGregor.

HyperDot is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Positive sentiment (86% of 43 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 43 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

HyperDot is a minimalistic action video game where the goal is to dodge everything. Players control a dot in a circular arena, and must dodge a variety of enemies until time runs out. It features a single-player campaign mode, multiplayer battles and a level editor where players can build custom challenges.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992020-01-312026-10-092020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-05-19 — best price $14.992020-09-18 — best price $13.992020-12-09 — best price $14.992021-02-07 — best price $13.392021-02-11 — best price $13.392021-02-26 — best price $13.992021-06-24 — best price $11.992021-09-02 — best price $11.992021-09-22 — best price $12.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $10.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $9.992024-02-12 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $5.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-06-08 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 0 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 3 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 0 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 0 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 0 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews2026-09-18 — 2 pageviews2026-09-22 — 0 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 6 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
85%
earned "5 Levels"
13.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DPvPIndieActionArcadePuzzleRhythmTop-DownDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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