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Pillar

Michael Hicks · MichaelArts · 2015-05-29

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 05, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 14, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Sep 26, 2018 (Xbox One), Feb 16, 2015 (Xbox 360)

Lost in an intimate snowy town, a palette of individuals are in search of a mysterious artifact said to bring great knowledge and understanding. Lead each character through their quest in this collection of minigames, each with unique personalities and challenges...

70%
positive of 53 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.89★
PlayStation Store rating (236 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.39
steam price (US)
Pillar is an independent video game designed by Michael Hicks for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Described as a collection of minigames where each game represents a different type of personality found in people, each level in Pillar has different gameplay mechanics to examine various personality traits and themes. Reviewers noted the game's exploration of themes such as love, religion, capitalism, aging and regret.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Top 64% of 18,400 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.39-70%
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.792015-02-192026-09-202015-02-19 — best price $10.002015-06-22 — best price $7.992015-08-17 — best price $7.992015-11-25 — best price $3.992016-01-04 — best price $7.992016-04-11 — best price $3.992016-07-04 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $1.592017-04-24 — best price $7.992017-10-26 — best price $1.192017-11-13 — best price $7.992017-12-21 — best price $0.792018-02-19 — best price $7.992018-09-24 — best price $2.712018-11-01 — best price $7.992018-12-20 — best price $1.592019-04-08 — best price $7.992020-05-05 — best price $2.792020-11-02 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $1.592021-02-15 — best price $7.992022-01-27 — best price $1.592022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $0.792023-03-23 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $2.392024-01-04 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $2.392026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-20 — best price $1.592026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $1.592026-08-21 — best price $7.992026-09-20 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Player tags

SnowIndieShortPuzzleAdventureSoundtrackExperimentalSingleplayerPsychologicalGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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