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Monochroma cover art

Monochroma

Nowhere Studios · 2014-05-28

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 28, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2014 (Mac), May 28, 2014 (Linux), Jun 24, 2016 (Xbox One)

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle platformer. It’s a game about being a kid, growing up with a little brother that needs your help, facing obstacles and solving unique puzzles in a dystopian 1950's setting.

1
playing now
74%
positive of 725 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
46/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Monochroma is a cinematic puzzle-platform video game, and the first title by Istanbul-based developer Nowhere Studios. It was released on Xbox One on June 24, 2016.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-09-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 5 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.01$1.992015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $6.592015-06-11 — best price $4.992016-01-12 — best price $19.992016-08-06 — best price $19.992016-11-14 — best price $19.992017-02-23 — best price $5.992017-05-18 — best price $19.992017-10-24 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $5.992018-07-16 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-07-23 — best price $19.992020-01-23 — best price $19.992020-06-14 — best price $19.992020-07-16 — best price $14.692020-08-12 — best price $19.992020-09-23 — best price $17.882020-11-01 — best price $17.882020-12-03 — best price $16.882021-01-02 — best price $16.882021-02-04 — best price $19.992021-03-12 — best price $19.992021-04-14 — best price $19.992021-05-19 — best price $16.882021-06-22 — best price $14.692022-07-21 — best price $6.112022-09-14 — best price $19.952022-10-19 — best price $19.712023-01-06 — best price $16.892023-02-17 — best price $17.132023-05-12 — best price $17.522023-08-16 — best price $5.992024-12-23 — best price $2.492026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 0 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

23 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,68720%5
Xbox One (Xbox)1,26850%13

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

Player tags

2.5DDarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleMysteryAdventureDifficultDystopian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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