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Machine Learning: Episode I

Volens Nolens Games · 2016-09-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Machine Learning: Episode is a first person arcade puzzle game built for HTC Vive. You play as an A.I. robot created in DARPA laboratory in the near future. One of the scientists is here to test your physical, perception and cognitive skills. By using the power of room-scale VR and Vive controllers

Machine Learning: Episode I is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 111 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
77%
positive of 111 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32602026-09-16 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 265 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 202 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2910Sep 2016Jul 2025Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2022 — avg 84 · peak 792Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 111Oct 2022 — avg 34 · peak 262Dec 2022 — avg 75 · peak 585Feb 2023 — avg 39 · peak 1,205Apr 2023 — avg 72 · peak 2,603Jun 2023 — avg 89 · peak 1,434Aug 2023 — avg 60 · peak 199Sep 2024 — avg 192 · peak 1,779Nov 2024 — avg 93 · peak 886Jan 2025 — avg 291 · peak 1,623Mar 2025 — avg 36 · peak 183Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002016-09-102026-08-052016-09-10 — best price $0.002022-02-20 — best price $0.992022-05-13 — best price $0.502022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-08-19 — best price $0.492022-10-14 — best price $0.992022-11-30 — best price $0.282023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-02-28 — best price $0.282023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-05-27 — best price $0.282023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-06 — best price $0.492024-03-06 — best price $4.992024-04-21 — best price $0.492024-06-19 — best price $4.992024-08-09 — best price $0.492024-10-06 — best price $4.992024-11-28 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-08-08 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-11-05 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-01-30 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-04-28 — best price $4.992026-07-22 — best price $0.492026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieActionAdventure

Census log

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

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