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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.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,045 total reviews — how this is computed.

Players online

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

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.