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Make it indie!

Sometimes You · 2015-04-01

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 01, 2015 (Mac), Apr 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2015 (Linux)

Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.

Make it indie! is an Adventure, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $0.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (46% of 1,281 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,753 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,285 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2015-06-11) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

51802026-09-15 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 125 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 518 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1350Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 7 · peak 95Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 18Oct 2015 — avg 8 · peak 297Jan 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2016 — avg 8 · peak 237Oct 2016 — avg 8 · peak 109Jan 2017 — avg 14 · peak 359Apr 2017 — avg 72 · peak 710Jul 2017 — avg 44 · peak 379Oct 2017 — avg 6 · peak 205Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 46Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 150Jul 2018 — avg 8 · peak 249Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 295Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 87Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 39Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 505May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 150Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 89Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 247Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 105Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 245Jan 2022 — avg 20 · peak 227Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 99Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 448Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 72Jun 2023 — avg 7 · peak 72Jul 2026 — avg 135 · peak 1,092Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 868
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-10-29 — best price $0.592016-02-05 — best price $0.492016-05-09 — best price $0.662016-10-24 — best price $0.492017-01-26 — best price $0.992017-05-25 — best price $0.992017-11-01 — best price $0.992018-01-11 — best price $0.522018-04-30 — best price $0.492018-08-30 — best price $0.692018-11-27 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $0.992019-09-09 — best price $0.992019-12-16 — best price $0.992020-01-17 — best price $0.692020-05-07 — best price $0.592020-08-28 — best price $0.542020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-03-08 — best price $0.992021-08-02 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-03-07 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-11-07 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-06-26 — best price $0.992023-11-06 — best price $0.992024-01-29 — best price $0.992024-06-03 — best price $0.992024-10-14 — best price $0.992025-01-13 — best price $0.992025-05-19 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-07-20 — best price $0.992026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
8.2%
earned "Woody Allen"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,42778%9

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

Player tags

IndieAdventureSimulationInteractive Fiction

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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