The Game Census
Plug & Play cover art

Plug & Play

Mario von Rickenbach · Etter Studio · 2015-03-05

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 02, 2015 (iOS), Mar 04, 2015 (Android), Mar 05, 2015 (Linux), Mar 05, 2015 (Mac), Mar 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Run, hit, switch, fall, love, plug, pull. And push.

Plug & Play is a $3.99 Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 4944 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
85%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Plug & Play is a 2015 video game developed by Swiss independent developers Michael Frei and Mario von Rickenbach, and published by Etter Studio. It is an interactive art game where players manipulate small figures, whose body parts are made up of plugs and sockets. Plug & Play was based on a short film of the same name animated by Frei in 2013, engaging programmer von Rickenbach to translate it into a game. Upon release, Plug & Play received positive reviews, with many critics viewing the imagery of plugs as a humorous and meaningful metaphor for interpersonal interaction. Following release, the game was nominated for the Nuovo Award at the 2015 Independent Games Festival.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (261 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 29,283 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 124k–297k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,945 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.02 at Steam (2019-05-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$1.022015-03-062026-07-092015-03-06 — best price $2.992015-10-09 — best price $2.992016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-02-19 — best price $2.992016-06-14 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $2.992016-09-22 — best price $2.992017-01-15 — best price $2.992017-05-25 — best price $2.992017-06-27 — best price $2.992017-09-21 — best price $2.992017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-01-11 — best price $1.492018-02-15 — best price $1.492018-05-10 — best price $1.492018-06-22 — best price $2.002018-08-30 — best price $1.492018-12-20 — best price $1.942019-02-04 — best price $1.942019-05-10 — best price $1.492019-05-16 — best price $2.992019-07-01 — best price $1.492019-08-29 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-07-27 — best price $1.972022-08-19 — best price $1.492024-05-03 — best price $3.992024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3622026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 15 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyIndieMemesShortActionCasualHorrorNudityPuzzleSurreal

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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