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Outside the Lines cover art

Outside the Lines

Tad & Ice Productions · 2018-07-14

Steam

ActionCasualFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Outside the Lines is a free top-down shooter where drawing utensils compete to cover a coloring book with their color.

Outside the Lines is a free-to-play Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 164 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 164 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (73 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620182026Week of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
28.4%
earned "Go Green"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play Together

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionCasualColorfulMultiplayerFree to PlayPixel GraphicsTwin Stick Shooter

Census log

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

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