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I hate this game

Pixel Error · 2019-03-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

I hate this game is a logic game, where gameplay changes every level. Solve crazy puzzles and use forgotten functions of your PC! Be attentive, interact with everything that you see on the screen.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 264 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 66k–158k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,638 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.93 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13013020192026Week of 2019-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.932019-03-072026-03-262019-03-07 — best price $2.692019-05-20 — best price $2.542019-06-25 — best price $2.392019-10-28 — best price $2.242019-11-26 — best price $2.092019-12-19 — best price $1.792020-01-23 — best price $2.542020-03-09 — best price $1.492020-03-23 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-08-24 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-05-04 — best price $1.992022-08-08 — best price $1.992022-10-17 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $0.932023-11-21 — best price $1.312024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $1.192024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $1.292025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-21 — best price $1.332026-03-26 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
79.2%
earned "Secret level"
25.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,41832%16

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieLogicMemesShortPuzzleHackingMinimalistPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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