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Make Me LAG

4H StudioLab · 2020-03-14

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Make Me LAG is the first game that features a revolutionary new control scheme: your character actions are determined by the game frame count! Use external softwares and other tricks to lower the FPS count and control your character to defeat evil monsters and save the world!

Make Me LAG is an Action, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2020, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 251 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 250 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

You believe that running a game at over 120 FPS is smart? Well, you're WRONG! Make Me LAG is the first game that features a revolutionary new control scheme: your character actions are determined by the game FPS! Use external softwares and other tricks to lower the FPS count and control your character to defeat evil monsters and save the world! Open too many tabs on your browsers, play other games simultaneously, hack the internet, we don't care what you do, as long as you make the game lag! Make Me LAG was created during the Internet Festival Game Jam of Pisa in 48 hours and won the first (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (74 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020202026Week of 2020-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
40.3%
earned "Defeat the Golem"
26.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35163%5

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

Player tags

IndieActionHardwareSoftwareFree to PlaySide ScrollerPixel GraphicsIntentionally Awkward Controls

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.