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Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music cover art

Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music

Dmytry Lavrov · 2016-05-31

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 31, 2016 (Linux), May 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Polynomial 2 is an amazing visual candy which tends to be a space shooter and a music visualizer. Immersive on screen, mind-blowing in VR.

Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music is an Action, Indie, Simulation, and Early Access game released in 2016 priced at $11.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 156 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

81%
positive of 156 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,802 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 156 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.992016-05-312021-01-052016-05-31 — best price $10.792016-06-23 — best price $10.192016-07-28 — best price $9.952016-08-22 — best price $9.952016-10-28 — best price $9.592016-11-23 — best price $9.592016-12-22 — best price $9.592017-01-03 — best price $9.592017-03-12 — best price $9.592017-06-22 — best price $8.992017-10-26 — best price $9.592017-11-22 — best price $9.592017-12-21 — best price $8.992018-02-15 — best price $9.592018-06-21 — best price $8.992018-10-30 — best price $8.992018-11-21 — best price $8.992018-12-21 — best price $8.392019-06-26 — best price $7.192019-07-18 — best price $7.672019-10-28 — best price $7.792019-11-26 — best price $7.792019-12-19 — best price $7.792020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-11-26 — best price $4.072020-12-22 — best price $4.072021-01-05 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
64%
earned "You killed your first enemy!"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieMusicSpaceActionFlightRhythmSci-fiSpace SimOpen World

Census log

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

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