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Myths of Rules

Sugarcane Games · 2023-08-30

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.

Myths of Rules is a $2.99 Indie, RPG game released in 2023, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1046 reviews).

4
playing now
88%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (349 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,046 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32832820232026Week of 2023-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
863Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 86 · peak 464Oct 2023 — avg 21 · peak 104Nov 2023 — avg 28 · peak 150Dec 2023 — avg 19 · peak 74Jan 2024 — avg 12 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 43 · peak 154Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 110Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 51May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 38Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 81Jul 2024 — avg 21 · peak 82Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 32Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 32Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 51Nov 2024 — avg 13 · peak 55Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 39Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 75Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 94Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 23Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96%
earned "Newcomer"
13.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5903%120

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

Player tags

2DCasualHorrorPuzzleStylizedAdventureNonlinearWord GameStory RichText-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.