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KeyWe cover art

KeyWe

Stonewheat & Sons · Fireshine Games · 2021-08-31

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CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Aug 31, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 31, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 31, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 31, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 14, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

KeyWe is a cute, co-operative postal puzzler starring Jeff and Debra, two small kiwi birds working in a whimsical post office. They must jump, flap, peck and butt-slam their way across an interactive landscape of levers, bells and buttons to get those messages delivered on time!

33
playing now
90%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

KeyWe is a 2021 puzzle video game developed by Stonewheat & Sons and published by Sold Out. The game was released for Windows and Nintendo Switch on August 31, later releasing on September 28 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S ports were released on December 16. KeyWe follows Jeff and Debra, two kiwis working at the Bungalow Basin Telepost Office. KeyWe was prototyped during the 2018 Global Game Jam. Grant Gessel, the technical artist, took inspiration from Going Postal, a story by Terry Pratchett. Rare games such as Banjo-Kazooie and Conker's Bad Fur Day inspired KeyWe's art style. KeyWe received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 253 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–111k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,466 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
IndieGala$2.98-88%
GameBillet$3.08-88%
Gamesplanet$3.48-86%
WinGameStore$3.74-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.94 at GameBillet (2025-11-25) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 142 of 175 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720212026Week of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6652026-08-12 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 34 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 38 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 38 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 34 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 23 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 66 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 31 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.03$0.002021-08-312026-08-302021-08-31 — best price $19.982021-12-04 — best price $22.492022-02-02 — best price $24.992022-03-23 — best price $24.992022-05-17 — best price $19.992022-07-11 — best price $12.982022-08-23 — best price $14.042022-10-15 — best price $18.362022-11-20 — best price $24.992023-01-12 — best price $21.242023-03-28 — best price $19.882023-05-23 — best price $24.992023-08-01 — best price $24.992023-10-13 — best price $6.702023-12-23 — best price $6.382024-02-09 — best price $8.492024-04-25 — best price $24.992024-06-21 — best price $6.802024-09-27 — best price $6.382024-11-23 — best price $3.702024-12-22 — best price $4.082025-02-18 — best price $5.002025-04-09 — best price $24.992025-05-19 — best price $3.992025-07-02 — best price $3.562025-08-18 — best price $4.002025-09-23 — best price $24.992025-10-30 — best price $3.622025-12-03 — best price $20.492026-01-13 — best price $19.882026-03-24 — best price $24.992026-04-23 — best price $3.702026-06-06 — best price $20.492026-07-10 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $2.982026-08-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4662026-06-01 — 31 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 30 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 46 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 14 pageviews2026-08-06 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 18 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "You're Hired!"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,3363%20
Xbox One (Xbox)49310%16
Switch (Nintendo)480%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

CuteCo-opIndieCasualColorfulPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpReplay Value

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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