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Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling

silver978 · IndieArk · 2023-03-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 14, 2024 (Android), Mar 09, 2023 (Linux), Mar 09, 2023 (Mac), Mar 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 29, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 21, 2024 (iOS)

A short psychological adventure about a stressed girl who wants to explore her ceiling.

Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $1.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (88% of 3533 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Looking Up I See Only A Ceiling trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 738 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~92/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 71k–161k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,569 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120232026Week of 2023-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
221Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 95Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 165Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 22Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 37Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$1.392023-03-092026-09-282023-03-09 — best price $1.792023-06-29 — best price $1.792023-11-09 — best price $1.592023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-02-04 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-04-01 — best price $1.992024-05-13 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-08-05 — best price $1.992024-10-08 — best price $1.992024-11-14 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-10 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-05-10 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-08-09 — best price $1.992025-09-27 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-11-10 — best price $1.992026-01-12 — best price $1.992026-02-24 — best price $1.992026-04-04 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-08 — best price $1.992026-09-28 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "Cleaner"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support4 DLC

20 supported languages: English, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Turkish, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, German…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-07-26, latest 2026-06-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5579%49
Switch (Nintendo)300%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

AnimeShortHorrorMysteryAdventureHand-drawnStory RichAtmosphericVisual NovelPoint & Click

Census log

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

Recent updates

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