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Idan Rooze · 2021-03-16

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A mind-bending puzzler where your avatar controls another avatar via an in-game keyboard.

90%
positive of 616 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 51,522 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 616 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720212026Week of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.992021-03-162026-10-082021-03-16 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-07-19 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992022-07-15 — best price $1.992023-05-29 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-07-24 — best price $1.992023-09-04 — best price $1.992023-10-16 — best price $1.992023-12-11 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-01-29 — best price $1.992024-03-11 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-04-29 — best price $1.992024-06-10 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-09-02 — best price $1.992024-10-20 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-09-08 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-01 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-05-04 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-27 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
99%
earned "You Did It!"
54.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)42131%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieLogicCasualLinearPuzzleTop-DownDifficult

Census log

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

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