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ThinkOfGames · Conglomerate 5 · 2017-02-20

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 581 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 581 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2702026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.282017-02-212026-07-272017-02-21 — best price $1.972017-07-24 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-06-04 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $2.992020-05-25 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $0.792021-08-18 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-21 — best price $0.992022-05-16 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-09-05 — best price $0.992022-11-14 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-05-22 — best price $0.992023-10-30 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992024-01-15 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $3.992024-05-27 — best price $3.992024-07-29 — best price $3.992024-10-21 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-03-03 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $3.992026-04-20 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
3.6%
earned "Complete Group 1"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,28163%12
Steam (Steam)7289%13

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualPuzzleClickerPhysicsRelaxingStrategyMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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