The Game Census
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Malware

Odd Games · 2024-07-31

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 31, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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1
playing now
88%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 18% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,212 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$2.092024-08-012026-07-092024-08-01 — best price $2.392024-08-14 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.392025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $2.392025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.092026-01-05 — best price $2.992026-02-12 — best price $2.392026-02-19 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-09 — best price $2.392026-04-16 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Warm home"
19.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)76219%16

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

Player tags

2DLogicMemesRetro1990'sCasualPuzzleClickerLife SimStrategy

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.