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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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!

KeyWe is a Casual, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 2493 reviews).

27
playing now
90%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.27★
PlayStation Store rating (586 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 27 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 4% of 29,137 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–112k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
IndieGala$2.78-89%
GameBillet$2.84-89%
GreenManGaming$2.96-88%
Gamesplanet$3.48-86%
Steam$3.74-85%
GamersGate$3.75-85%

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 156 of 185 observed days · $1.02 above the 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

11502026-09-15 06:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 106 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 62 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 49 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 114 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 84 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 32 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 54 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 104 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 67 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 45 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 106 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 29 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 58 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 61 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 34 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8410Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 59 · peak 200Nov 2021 — avg 19 · peak 82Jan 2022 — avg 26 · peak 71Mar 2022 — avg 18 · peak 47May 2022 — avg 19 · peak 50Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 50Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 34Nov 2022 — avg 57 · peak 338Jan 2023 — avg 55 · peak 174Mar 2023 — avg 27 · peak 88May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 28 · peak 72Sep 2023 — avg 22 · peak 129Nov 2023 — avg 30 · peak 94Jan 2024 — avg 30 · peak 83Mar 2024 — avg 28 · peak 104May 2024 — avg 22 · peak 67Jul 2024 — avg 36 · peak 87Sep 2024 — avg 22 · peak 134Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 105Jan 2025 — avg 43 · peak 161Mar 2025 — avg 47 · peak 202May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 64Jul 2025 — avg 40 · peak 151Sep 2025 — avg 84 · peak 565Nov 2025 — avg 45 · peak 161Jan 2026 — avg 47 · peak 159Mar 2026 — avg 32 · peak 122May 2026 — avg 26 · peak 86Jul 2026 — avg 64 · peak 411Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 77
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$25.03$0.002021-08-312026-10-122021-08-31 — 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 $2.982026-09-25 — best price $2.782026-10-12 — best price $2.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3672026-06-01 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 22 pageviews2026-06-21 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-23 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 20 pageviews2026-09-01 — 22 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 31 pageviews2026-09-17 — 22 pageviews2026-09-21 — 20 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews2026-09-29 — 19 pageviews2026-10-03 — 27 pageviews2026-10-07 — 23 pageviews2026-10-10 — 13 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-08-31, latest 2022-02-22 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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