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Pharmakon - Tactical Puzzle

Visumeca Games · 2017-07-20

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Use your drone to lead tactical combat against elemental beasts infesting your faction. Assess the risks, coordinate attacks, optimize your equipment and become the agent who will put an end to the infestation!

Pharmakon - Tactical Puzzle is a 2017 Indie title priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 25 reviews).

0
playing now
56%
positive of 25 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.99$0.792017-07-202020-07-092017-07-20 — best price $9.892017-07-27 — best price $10.992017-09-22 — best price $8.792017-10-06 — best price $10.992017-10-09 — best price $9.992017-10-27 — best price $6.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $6.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $6.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-16 — best price $4.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-05-01 — best price $4.992018-05-15 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-12 — best price $2.992018-10-26 — best price $9.992019-07-15 — best price $3.992019-11-17 — best price $0.792019-12-01 — best price $3.992020-06-26 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
94.5%
earned "Rock in lake"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

2DPuzzleSci-fiSokobanStrategyTop-DownDifficultFuturisticRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.