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Perspective

Widdershins · DigiPen Institute of Technology · 2019-10-09

Steam

Free To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 26, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Perspective is an experimental platformer. The player avatar moves in a 2D space that transforms when the player changes perspective in 3D space. The player needs to use this mechanic navigate the 2D avatar to a goal in order to progress from level to level.

Perspective is a Free To Play game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 1,444 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
98%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Perspective is an experimental puzzle video game that includes aspects of a 2-dimensional platform game. The player moves the avatar through a 2D screen that changes based on the player's camera angle in 3D space. This perspective-shifting mechanic is used to reach a goal at the end of each level. When the player takes control of the camera angle, the 2D avatar is locked in place until the player decides to return to 2D mode.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 9,498 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-11-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920192026Week of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

1712026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 9 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2 pageviews2026-09-21 — 8 pageviews2026-09-25 — 7 pageviews2026-09-29 — 7 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2D3DIndieShortPuzzleFree to PlaySingleplayerPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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