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Metonymy

Joseph Bramlett · 2017-10-25

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Metonymy follows the story of Colin, Enoch and Tracy as they travel across a dystopian version of limbo filled with a corrupt theocratic government known as the Choir and the unbreakable hordes of the disease that appose them.

Metonymy is a free-to-play Adventure, Free To Play and Indie game released in 2017, with a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 67 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
55%
positive of 67 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndiePuzzleRhythmAdventureStory RichFree to Play

Census log

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