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Physical Layer cover art

Physical Layer

RaStar Studio · Phoenixx Inc. · 2023-03-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Physical Layer is a stylish, top-down shooter with cute, gun-toting characters. Utilize three powerful abilities to overcome a total of 240 stages, filled with a variety of enemies and challenges.

91%
positive of 78 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 57% of 17,375 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 78 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320232026Week of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieActionSci-fiPhysicsShooterMilitaryTutorial

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.