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Incandescent

Stephen Crabb · 2015-06-30

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Incandescent is a fast paced action arcade game that scales the difficulty to your skill level. The goal is simple, pilot your ship and defend yourself against waves of unique enemies and bosses. Different powerups will drop to help you with upgrades to your weapons and health.

Incandescent is an Action and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $0.49, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (69% of 180 reviews).

1
playing now
69%
positive of 180 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 120% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.5k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 180 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2022-11-23) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620152026Week of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.292015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-09-07 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $1.992016-10-03 — best price $0.492017-02-23 — best price $0.992017-10-09 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-09-17 — best price $0.492018-12-21 — best price $0.492019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-11-11 — best price $0.992020-01-24 — best price $0.492020-06-08 — best price $0.992020-11-16 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-04-11 — best price $0.492022-10-31 — best price $0.492023-01-16 — best price $0.292023-05-22 — best price $0.292023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-07-15 — best price $0.492024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-05-11 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
2.8%
earned "First Wave"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeCasualShoot 'Em UpTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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