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I Wanna Maker

The Elephant Crew · 2023-11-09

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

I Wanna Maker is a precision platformer with a robust level editor and online level sharing, based on I Wanna Be The Guy fangames. Create complex levels using a variety of objects, a powerful events system, and customizable visuals. Browse levels online, take on challenge modes, and more!

43
playing now
95%
positive of 5.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
95/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 43 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 211 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52052020202026Week of 2020-02-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

91212026-08-06 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 55 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 51 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 74 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 66 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 56 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 91 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 74 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 46 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 73 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 70 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 48 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
35.1%
earned "A Walk in the Park"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsSave AnytimePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4491%46

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

Player tags

2DIndieArcadeAdventureDifficultControllerPlatformerMultiplayerFree to PlayLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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