The Game Census
OneShift cover art

OneShift

Mazen Games · GrabTheGames · 2018-08-10

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

OneShift is a puzzle platformer where the player has the ability to freeze/unfreeze time and shift through worlds to collect blue cubes. But only one world can be active at a time. Later in the game, a world rotating mechanic is unveiled, which makes everything more complex!

OneShift is a $4.99 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (76% of 1124 reviews).

15
playing now
76%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–67k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.47 at GamesPlanet FR (2021-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 29 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2722026-09-15 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
610Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2025 — avg 61 · peak 295Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 46Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 73Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 74May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 129Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002018-08-112026-07-302018-08-11 — best price $4.242018-12-03 — best price $4.992019-05-24 — best price $2.492019-11-27 — best price $4.992020-01-25 — best price $3.962020-03-09 — best price $1.242020-05-28 — best price $4.992020-06-20 — best price $4.392020-07-13 — best price $4.992020-08-09 — best price $4.392020-09-02 — best price $4.992020-10-06 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $2.492020-11-19 — best price $4.392020-12-16 — best price $4.142021-01-06 — best price $4.992021-02-07 — best price $4.142021-03-07 — best price $4.992021-04-10 — best price $4.992021-05-08 — best price $3.582021-06-08 — best price $4.142021-07-24 — best price $3.662021-10-29 — best price $3.662021-12-23 — best price $0.492022-03-12 — best price $3.922022-05-21 — best price $4.142022-08-05 — best price $0.772022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-04-14 — best price $0.642023-07-21 — best price $0.892024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-05-19 — best price $3.892024-08-23 — best price $3.892025-01-12 — best price $4.992025-06-03 — best price $3.892025-09-17 — best price $3.662025-11-24 — best price $3.892026-03-27 — best price $3.892026-07-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "This is how it all starts"
39%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,40820%126

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzleSci-fiPhysicsRelaxingStylizedAdventureSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

Don't Knock TwiceHouse of CaravanTanziaToby: The Secret MinePLANET ALPHAForgotton AnneSemblanceUnbound: Worlds Apart

Similarity via IGDB.