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Picayune Dreams

Stepford · 2 Left Thumbs · 2023-12-04

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 04, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Picayune Dreams is a roguelike blend of bullet heaven horde survival, and bullet hell gameplay. Adrift across the endless void, you must fend off thousands of nightmarish and otherwordly creatures. Uncover a mysterious and surreal story. And don't forget. You mu [TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED...]

34
playing now
99%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 775 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 92k–207k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,608 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54554520232026Week of 2023-12-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

48142026-08-11 19:00 — 48 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 44 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 35 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 28 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 39 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 28 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 36 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$2.992023-08-292026-07-202023-08-29 — best price $99.992023-12-04 — best price $4.992024-01-19 — best price $4.492024-03-04 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-04-26 — best price $4.242024-05-13 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-12 — best price $4.992024-08-10 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $4.992024-10-08 — best price $4.992024-10-24 — best price $4.992024-11-02 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-16 — best price $3.492025-01-11 — best price $4.992025-02-15 — best price $4.992025-03-03 — best price $3.492025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-03-28 — best price $4.992025-05-24 — best price $4.992025-06-02 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-06 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $3.342025-12-04 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-07 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-04-25 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $2.992026-07-20 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
99.9%
earned "Hello World!"
42.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2196%140

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

SpaceActionSci-fiSurrealLore-RichFuturisticRogue-likeBullet HellPsychedelicArena Shooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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