The Game Census
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Jacob Allen · 2022-01-08

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 25, 2021 (Linux), Jan 08, 2022 (Mac), Jan 08, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A challenging puzzle platformer where you can only move in one direction.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 15 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-23 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 600% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 90% of 19,675 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-01-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220212022Week of 2021-12-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-23: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$0.992021-11-252026-01-052021-11-25 — best price $2.792021-12-25 — best price $2.792022-01-06 — best price $3.992022-01-11 — best price $1.992022-02-21 — best price $1.992022-04-04 — best price $1.992022-05-09 — best price $1.992022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-07-11 — best price $1.492022-08-15 — best price $1.492022-09-20 — best price $1.492022-11-22 — best price $1.492022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-02-27 — best price $1.492023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-04-10 — best price $1.492023-05-22 — best price $1.492023-06-30 — best price $1.492024-06-30 — best price $1.492024-09-16 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-20 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-10-01 — best price $1.492025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-05 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
40.3%
earned "A First Time for Everything"
17.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

2DLogicLinearPuzzleSci-fiScienceColorfulAdventureCyberpunkController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.