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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.

45
playing now
97%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
$6.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 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 16% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,500 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 6 of 12 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

67392026-08-11 21:00 — 62 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 63 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 64 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 66 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 58 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 59 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 67 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 54 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 64 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 62 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 42 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 50 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 61 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 39 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 62 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 55 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 53 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 65 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 63 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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