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Impulsion cover art

Impulsion

Driving Force Games · Dear Villagers · 2018-07-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!

Impulsion is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $1.29, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 324 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 324 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.29
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.1k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 324 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.13-91%
Fanatical$1.16-91%
Humble Store$1.29-90%
IndieGala$1.29-90%
Steam$1.29-90%
WinGameStore$1.29-90%
GamersGate$1.30-90%
GreenManGaming$1.30-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.97 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 161 of 197 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.912018-07-192026-10-142018-07-19 — best price $8.832018-12-18 — best price $8.112019-04-08 — best price $11.692019-09-27 — best price $11.642020-01-07 — best price $12.202020-02-14 — best price $12.672020-04-29 — best price $12.992020-07-09 — best price $12.992020-08-27 — best price $12.992020-10-24 — best price $12.992020-12-08 — best price $12.992021-01-28 — best price $10.942021-03-22 — best price $10.942021-05-16 — best price $12.992021-07-21 — best price $10.942021-11-30 — best price $12.992022-02-23 — best price $4.542022-08-19 — best price $4.542022-12-01 — best price $12.992023-03-01 — best price $10.282023-05-24 — best price $2.602023-08-08 — best price $12.992023-10-20 — best price $3.242024-01-04 — best price $12.992024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-07-01 — best price $2.072024-09-24 — best price $10.282025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-03-21 — best price $1.302025-07-08 — best price $1.302025-09-17 — best price $0.912025-12-01 — best price $9.262026-02-11 — best price $1.292026-04-15 — best price $1.292026-07-02 — best price $1.302026-08-17 — best price $1.292026-09-16 — best price $1.162026-10-14 — best price $1.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "Factory New"
29.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-07-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)93611%27

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

Player tags

FPSIndieActionLinearSci-fiParkourDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerCompetitive

Census log

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

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