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Linelith

Patrick Traynor · 2022-05-19

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 19, 2022 (Linux), May 19, 2022 (Mac), May 19, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.

Linelith is a 2022 Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 1488 reviews).

1
playing now
99%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore an alien asteroid.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 406 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity up 98% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,488 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420222026Week of 2022-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 48 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
81May 2022Jul 2026May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 52Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$1.792022-05-192026-07-092022-05-19 — best price $2.692022-06-23 — best price $2.692022-11-22 — best price $2.392022-12-22 — best price $2.392023-03-16 — best price $2.392023-04-24 — best price $2.392023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-08-03 — best price $2.242023-11-21 — best price $2.242023-12-21 — best price $2.242024-03-14 — best price $2.242024-05-23 — best price $2.242024-06-27 — best price $2.242024-11-27 — best price $1.792024-12-19 — best price $1.792025-03-13 — best price $1.792025-05-29 — best price $2.242025-06-27 — best price $2.242025-09-29 — best price $2.242025-12-18 — best price $2.242026-03-19 — best price $2.242026-05-28 — best price $1.792026-06-25 — best price $2.242026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "Negative space"
74%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)96895%3

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleSokobanAbstractRelaxingStrategyStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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