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Lines cover art

Lines

Gamious · 2017-06-08

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 22, 2021 (Web browser), Oct 26, 2017 (Android)

Lines is an abstract ‘zen’ game experience where form is just as important as function. Place or remove Dots to initiate a colourful race that fills a drawing. The colour that dominates the race wins.

88%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 9,687 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at IndieGala Store (2023-03-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 22 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$5.56$0.492017-03-032026-07-092017-03-03 — best price $2.392017-09-18 — best price $3.742017-12-27 — best price $2.992018-04-27 — best price $4.992018-07-12 — best price $4.992018-12-19 — best price $2.742019-04-26 — best price $4.992019-08-11 — best price $2.112019-12-27 — best price $2.502020-02-17 — best price $2.492020-04-15 — best price $4.992020-06-10 — best price $4.082020-07-21 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $4.992020-10-21 — best price $4.992020-11-28 — best price $4.992021-01-15 — best price $4.992021-02-25 — best price $3.922021-04-05 — best price $4.142021-05-11 — best price $4.142021-06-30 — best price $4.992021-08-27 — best price $1.702021-11-27 — best price $4.142022-01-18 — best price $4.142022-07-12 — best price $1.202022-12-01 — best price $4.992023-03-20 — best price $3.892023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-09-13 — best price $4.992023-12-15 — best price $0.802024-02-17 — best price $3.922024-04-16 — best price $3.922024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-13 — best price $0.492024-11-30 — best price $3.922025-03-01 — best price $4.992025-05-29 — best price $4.992025-08-29 — best price $4.992025-11-21 — best price $0.592026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
47.7%
earned "Novice"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleMinimalist

Census log

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

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