The Game Census
IDEA cover art

IDEA

TLR Games · 2023-03-09

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2023 (Mac), Mar 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

IDEA is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.

78%
positive of 50 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 26,974 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620232025Week of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$0.992023-03-092026-07-092023-03-09 — best price $10.792023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-07-31 — best price $5.992023-08-07 — best price $11.992023-08-21 — best price $7.992023-09-18 — best price $3.992023-09-25 — best price $7.992023-10-24 — best price $4.992023-11-09 — best price $2.492023-11-16 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Player tags

IndieCasualNaturePuzzleOffroadPhysicsRelaxingTop-DownCinematicEmotional

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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