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Paradox Wrench cover art

Paradox Wrench

David Mulder · 2018-01-16

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Paradox Wrench is a first person puzzle game. You have agreed to be part of an undisclosed experiment. You will be equipped with a special weapon-like tool. This tool has the ability to switch the physical dimension of certain objects, as well as your own.

Paradox Wrench is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $0.66, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 43 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 43 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.66
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-05-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182025Week of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492018-01-172026-08-242018-01-17 — best price $2.392018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $0.502019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-04-30 — best price $0.502019-07-09 — best price $2.992019-11-04 — best price $0.502020-01-02 — best price $2.992020-04-06 — best price $0.502020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-09-07 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-01 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-09-13 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-03-07 — best price $0.992022-06-13 — best price $0.492022-07-25 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.662023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.662023-06-05 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.662024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.662024-06-03 — best price $0.992024-09-30 — best price $0.662024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-02-17 — best price $0.662025-04-07 — best price $0.992025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-10-13 — best price $0.992026-02-16 — best price $0.662026-04-06 — best price $0.992026-07-13 — best price $0.662026-08-24 — best price $0.66
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionPuzzle

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.