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LYNE cover art

LYNE

Thomas Bowker · 2014-03-17

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 01, 2014 (iOS), Mar 17, 2014 (Linux), Mar 17, 2014 (Mac), Mar 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 01, 2014 (Windows Phone)

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

LYNE is a $1.49 Casual and Indie title released in 2014, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 8246 reviews).

1
playing now
96%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

LYNE trailer thumbnail

LYNE Trailer

≈424,224 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 64 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,977 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 206k–495k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,248 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2014-06-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17217220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
904Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 43 · peak 119Jul 2014 — avg 47 · peak 115Nov 2014 — avg 39 · peak 139Mar 2015 — avg 33 · peak 68Jul 2015 — avg 47 · peak 80Nov 2015 — avg 45 · peak 166Mar 2016 — avg 49 · peak 94Jul 2016 — avg 71 · peak 210Nov 2016 — avg 39 · peak 133Mar 2017 — avg 25 · peak 47Jul 2017 — avg 43 · peak 109Nov 2017 — avg 23 · peak 62Mar 2018 — avg 18 · peak 37Jul 2018 — avg 18 · peak 41Nov 2018 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 20Jul 2019 — avg 15 · peak 36Nov 2019 — avg 11 · peak 32Mar 2020 — avg 12 · peak 23Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 21Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Mar 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.892015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.892015-08-28 — best price $1.792016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-05-23 — best price $2.992016-11-29 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $0.892018-05-10 — best price $0.892018-11-15 — best price $0.892019-01-24 — best price $2.992019-05-23 — best price $2.992019-09-12 — best price $2.992020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $1.492021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-11-19 — best price $1.492022-01-14 — best price $1.492022-05-06 — best price $1.492022-11-04 — best price $2.092023-01-20 — best price $2.092023-05-01 — best price $2.992023-06-30 — best price $1.492023-09-04 — best price $2.992023-12-14 — best price $2.992024-03-19 — best price $2.892024-06-27 — best price $1.192024-10-07 — best price $1.192024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-02-24 — best price $2.992025-05-12 — best price $1.192025-08-25 — best price $1.192025-11-24 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Complete A"
27.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play Together

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28,24926%33
Switch (Nintendo)20%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

IndieLogicArcadeCasualPuzzleAbstractRelaxingAdventureDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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