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Pictopix cover art

Pictopix

Tomlab Games · 2017-01-05

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2017 (Linux), Jan 05, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 05, 2017 (Mac)

Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.

Pictopix is a Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 1508 reviews).

34
playing now
97%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,402 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,508 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.44 at MacGameStore (2022-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

66262026-09-15 18:00 — 49 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 39 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 51 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 47 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 37 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 41 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 40 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 59 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 36 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 40 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 54 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 37 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 59 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 66 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 49 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 55 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 38 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 51 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1250Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 25 · peak 61Jun 2017 — avg 25 · peak 64Sep 2017 — avg 16 · peak 40Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 35Mar 2018 — avg 37 · peak 69Jun 2018 — avg 29 · peak 56Sep 2018 — avg 24 · peak 57Dec 2018 — avg 22 · peak 42Mar 2019 — avg 45 · peak 116Jun 2019 — avg 28 · peak 52Sep 2019 — avg 22 · peak 42Dec 2019 — avg 29 · peak 51Mar 2020 — avg 34 · peak 71Jun 2020 — avg 40 · peak 65Sep 2020 — avg 36 · peak 61Dec 2020 — avg 40 · peak 65Mar 2021 — avg 67 · peak 205Jun 2021 — avg 55 · peak 80Sep 2021 — avg 44 · peak 70Dec 2021 — avg 49 · peak 74Mar 2022 — avg 47 · peak 116Jun 2022 — avg 60 · peak 96Sep 2022 — avg 52 · peak 79Dec 2022 — avg 62 · peak 98Mar 2023 — avg 54 · peak 82Jun 2023 — avg 44 · peak 65Sep 2023 — avg 53 · peak 97Dec 2023 — avg 52 · peak 77Mar 2024 — avg 59 · peak 89Jun 2024 — avg 52 · peak 84Sep 2024 — avg 43 · peak 67Dec 2024 — avg 45 · peak 70Mar 2025 — avg 52 · peak 83Jun 2025 — avg 52 · peak 87Sep 2025 — avg 46 · peak 73Dec 2025 — avg 40 · peak 62Mar 2026 — avg 45 · peak 67Jun 2026 — avg 43 · peak 69Aug 2026 — avg 56 · peak 81
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$2.442017-01-062026-07-092017-01-06 — best price $5.942017-04-27 — best price $5.502017-06-22 — best price $5.592017-08-29 — best price $5.592017-09-29 — best price $5.592017-11-16 — best price $5.592017-12-21 — best price $5.242018-01-15 — best price $6.992018-05-24 — best price $5.242018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-01 — best price $6.992018-12-20 — best price $4.892019-02-04 — best price $4.682019-05-20 — best price $4.682019-07-26 — best price $4.542019-11-26 — best price $4.682020-01-23 — best price $4.682020-06-25 — best price $4.682020-11-25 — best price $4.682021-02-11 — best price $4.892021-10-28 — best price $4.892021-12-22 — best price $4.892022-06-23 — best price $4.892022-12-22 — best price $4.892023-04-24 — best price $4.892023-09-14 — best price $4.892023-12-21 — best price $4.892024-05-23 — best price $4.892024-10-10 — best price $4.892024-12-19 — best price $4.892025-05-29 — best price $4.892025-08-21 — best price $4.892025-11-06 — best price $4.892026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
96.5%
earned "Let's play!"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only Option

13 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,15011%34

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingStrategyMinimalistLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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