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Malus Code

M2 Co.,LTD · Dogenzaka Lab · 2016-05-06

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Malus Code is the story of a graduate student studying abroad at a Japanese university, and the three people he meets in the laboratory there. In this unfamiliar environment, can you earn their friendship? For those who don't want a lonely, sad life.

71%
positive of 104 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 66% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.89 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320162025Week of 2016-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$3.892016-05-062026-08-172016-05-06 — best price $9.872016-09-02 — best price $12.992016-11-21 — best price $12.992017-01-26 — best price $12.992017-07-05 — best price $12.992017-12-21 — best price $6.492018-05-10 — best price $6.492018-11-15 — best price $5.192019-01-24 — best price $12.992019-05-06 — best price $12.992019-07-10 — best price $12.992019-11-26 — best price $5.192020-01-09 — best price $5.192020-03-06 — best price $12.992020-05-21 — best price $12.992020-10-05 — best price $12.992020-12-22 — best price $5.192021-04-29 — best price $5.192021-08-20 — best price $5.192021-11-01 — best price $12.992022-02-03 — best price $12.992022-05-06 — best price $12.992022-09-06 — best price $12.992022-11-04 — best price $12.992023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-05-23 — best price $12.992023-08-25 — best price $12.992023-11-21 — best price $5.192024-03-07 — best price $5.192024-07-11 — best price $5.192024-09-30 — best price $12.992024-12-02 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $3.892025-06-26 — best price $3.892025-11-03 — best price $3.892026-02-19 — best price $12.992026-05-07 — best price $3.892026-08-10 — best price $3.892026-08-17 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteAnimeMysteryAdventureVisual Novel

Census log

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

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