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Mainlining cover art

Mainlining

Rebelephant · ReadGraves · 2017-01-26

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 20, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 368 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Mainlining is a point and click adventure that simulates hacking. Mainlining was released on January 26, 2017 for Microsoft Windows.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.2k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 368 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.25 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 33 of 41 observed days · $9.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.872017-01-192026-08-302017-01-19 — best price $8.992017-03-29 — best price $5.832017-06-19 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $4.992017-11-20 — best price $3.902018-02-12 — best price $9.992018-05-10 — best price $2.492018-08-30 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-05-24 — best price $2.492019-09-04 — best price $1.992020-01-14 — best price $7.282020-03-11 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-06-26 — best price $7.342020-08-06 — best price $9.992020-09-29 — best price $9.542021-03-26 — best price $7.682021-09-11 — best price $9.992022-02-11 — best price $1.992022-05-15 — best price $12.992022-12-08 — best price $12.992023-03-27 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-10-23 — best price $3.242023-12-12 — best price $12.972024-02-12 — best price $12.992024-04-12 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-08-30 — best price $9.992024-11-22 — best price $1.952025-01-23 — best price $12.992025-05-23 — best price $1.302025-12-12 — best price $1.302026-05-29 — best price $9.682026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

2DIndieMemesPuzzleTypingHackingAdventureSimulationStory RichProgramming

Census log

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

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