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Miniballist

Timberwolf Studios · My Way Games · 2018-03-13

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Minimalist hardcore one click\press direction changer game.

Miniballist is a Casual and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 to 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 128 reviews).

1
playing now
70%
positive of 128 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-05-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4902026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 49 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5350Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 246Aug 2022 — avg 54 · peak 1,065Sep 2022 — avg 33 · peak 148Oct 2022 — avg 61 · peak 700Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 379Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 326Jan 2023 — avg 18 · peak 602Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 32 · peak 578Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 69May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 156Jun 2023 — avg 23 · peak 243Jul 2023 — avg 61 · peak 152Aug 2023 — avg 68 · peak 287Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 264Oct 2024 — avg 109 · peak 1,047Nov 2024 — avg 192 · peak 4,728Dec 2024 — avg 308 · peak 1,738Jan 2025 — avg 535 · peak 2,334Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 153Mar 2025 — avg 126 · peak 362Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 235Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 43Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$0.492018-03-142026-08-032018-03-14 — best price $0.742018-06-22 — best price $0.492018-09-26 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-02-13 — best price $0.492019-07-23 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-05-13 — best price $0.492020-07-27 — best price $3.992020-11-02 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $3.992021-11-01 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $3.992022-05-23 — best price $3.992022-09-05 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-03-10 — best price $4.992023-04-23 — best price $4.992023-07-27 — best price $4.992023-11-14 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $1.392024-06-27 — best price $0.832024-08-26 — best price $0.832024-11-27 — best price $0.792025-01-31 — best price $16.992025-05-18 — best price $16.992025-09-06 — best price $0.792025-10-22 — best price $0.992026-01-17 — best price $0.992026-04-23 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
2%
earned "Different colors!"
0.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualDifficultIlluminatiPlatformerFamily FriendlyPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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