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Melody's Escape

Icetesy · 2016-05-20

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 20, 2016 (Linux), May 20, 2016 (Mac)

Run, jump and slide to the rhythm of your own music library! In Melody's Escape, advanced audio detection algorithms transcribe the energy that you feel when listening to music into a synchronized gameplay experience, with a captivating and dynamic obstacle course.

2
playing now
93%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 120k–288k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,803 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-07-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-03-27 — best price $3.392017-09-04 — best price $3.392017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-07-02 — best price $3.392018-09-24 — best price $9.992019-01-07 — best price $3.392019-05-10 — best price $4.992019-07-15 — best price $4.992019-10-21 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-11-19 — best price $3.392022-02-02 — best price $9.992022-06-06 — best price $3.392022-10-24 — best price $3.392022-12-22 — best price $3.392023-04-03 — best price $3.392023-07-24 — best price $3.392023-11-13 — best price $9.992024-04-08 — best price $9.992024-10-21 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-05-28 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "A First Taste of Escape"
22.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,94810%8

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

Player tags

2DIndieMusicActionRhythmRunnerColorfulModdableStylizedPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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