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Minutescape

Molter · Poysky Productions · 2025-04-15

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 15, 2025 (Linux), Apr 15, 2025 (Mac), Apr 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dodge bullets and upgrade yourself in Minutescape, a retro-inspired incremental game that keeps unfolding. Unlock new abilities and keep upgrading yourself to survive for 5 consecutive minutes.

Minutescape is a 2025 Casual, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive sentiment (75% of 557 reviews).

5
playing now
75%
positive of 557 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (145 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 557 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420252026Week of 2025-04-15: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11212026-09-15 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 79 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 45 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 29 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
554Apr 2025Sep 2026Apr 2025 — avg 55 · peak 97May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 74Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 56Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 26Aug 2025 — avg 22 · peak 88Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2026 — avg 20 · peak 169

▲ +16 avg players vs prior month — Sep 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$4.192025-04-152026-07-272025-04-15 — best price $5.392025-04-29 — best price $5.992025-06-12 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-08-12 — best price $4.192025-08-26 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $5.992025-10-13 — best price $4.792025-10-27 — best price $5.992025-11-26 — best price $4.492025-12-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-02-07 — best price $4.492026-02-14 — best price $5.992026-03-16 — best price $4.492026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-04-18 — best price $4.192026-05-02 — best price $5.992026-06-08 — best price $4.192026-06-15 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $4.192026-07-09 — best price $5.992026-07-20 — best price $4.192026-07-27 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
99%
earned "Unavoidable"
47.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,06841%16

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

Player tags

2DIdlerRetroArcadeCasualClickerHackingStrategySurvivalMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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