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Pretentious Game

Keybol · 2014-05-20

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2014 (Mac), May 20, 2014 (Web browser), May 20, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enjoy the uncluttered and peculiar aesthetics of Pretentious Game and plunge wholeheartedly into a poetic and deep story.

Pretentious Game is a 2014 Casual and Indie title priced at $1.99, with Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 287 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 287 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Pretentious Game is a puzzle-platform game designed by independent Filipino studio Keybol. It is a satirical take on puzzle games in which poetic hints guide players to unite two lovers. The first chapter was written for Ludum Dare's 2012 game jam, and the series of five chapters was subsequently released for PC and mobile devices.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 29,612 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 287 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-12-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120142026Week of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.93$0.492015-01-012025-03-202015-01-01 — best price $3.752015-01-22 — best price $4.952015-01-31 — best price $3.722015-02-12 — best price $3.482015-03-24 — best price $3.192015-04-03 — best price $3.192015-04-13 — best price $4.492015-04-21 — best price $4.952015-05-05 — best price $3.242015-05-12 — best price $3.262015-06-17 — best price $1.492015-06-29 — best price $4.992015-07-23 — best price $3.102015-08-26 — best price $4.992015-09-12 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $0.992015-12-22 — best price $0.992016-01-05 — best price $4.992016-04-28 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-07-07 — best price $5.792017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-03-21 — best price $4.992017-08-06 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992020-01-08 — best price $4.242021-07-08 — best price $1.992022-02-03 — best price $1.992023-03-04 — best price $0.992023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-07-03 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 1 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

IndieShortCasualPuzzleMinimalistPlatformer

Census log

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

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