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Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book

Zarfhome Software · 2018-01-17

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 17, 2018 (Linux), Jan 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 17, 2018 (Mac)

An experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first? The classic choose-your-path comic book by Jason Shiga.

Meanwhile: An Interactive Comic Book is a 2018 Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (81% of 16 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 16 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-13 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 125% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 84% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2018-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992018-01-182025-11-242018-01-18 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $8.492024-11-12 — best price $9.992025-11-19 — best price $8.492025-11-24 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieCartoonAdventureComic BookHand-drawnStory RichTime TravelSingleplayerChoices Matter

Census log

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

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