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POP: Methodology Experiment One

Rob Lach · Rob Lach Games · 2014-12-10

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2014 (Mac), Nov 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

POP: Methodology Experiment One is an experimental game by Rob Lach which was designed music first, with the gameplay and aesthetic derived from the creative flow of the music production process. What emerged is an emotional psychedelic roller-coaster of interactive vignettes.

POP: Methodology Experiment One is an Action and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $3.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 91 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-06

62%
positive of 91 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 125% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 24,057 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 91 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620142026Week of 2014-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsCommentary availableFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-12-10 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieRetroShortActionPsychedelicExperimentalPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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