The Game Census
Induction cover art

Induction

Bryan Gale · 2017-02-07

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2017 (Mac), Feb 07, 2017 (Linux)

Induction is an abstract puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes. As you master its logic, Induction will rewire how you think about cause and effect.

Induction is an Indie game released in 2017, priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 191 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-30

90%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 31% of 38,459 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.742017-02-072026-07-092017-02-07 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-05-07 — best price $2.492020-08-28 — best price $2.492020-11-19 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-11-19 — best price $2.242021-12-22 — best price $2.242022-05-06 — best price $2.242022-07-07 — best price $8.992022-11-04 — best price $8.992023-02-07 — best price $8.992023-05-01 — best price $8.992023-06-30 — best price $2.242023-07-24 — best price $8.992023-09-05 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $2.242024-01-11 — best price $2.242024-06-20 — best price $2.242024-07-13 — best price $6.992025-06-05 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-06-04 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "●"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Italian, German, Korean, French, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-03-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndiePuzzleAbstractDifficultMinimalistTime Travel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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