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Proverbs

Mark Ffrench · Divide The Plunder · 2024-11-07

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2024 (Mac)

Proverbs is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle, inspired by Bruegel the Elder's 1559 painting "Netherlandish Proverbs"

97%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 222 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 12,207 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,946 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 13 of 29 observed days · $7.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620242026Week of 2024-11-07: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$1.792024-11-072026-09-072024-11-07 — best price $8.092024-12-19 — best price $7.192025-01-06 — best price $7.192025-02-24 — best price $5.842025-03-13 — best price $5.392025-04-02 — best price $5.392025-05-07 — best price $6.292025-05-19 — best price $5.392025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-07-24 — best price $4.492025-07-31 — best price $8.992025-08-14 — best price $3.592025-09-07 — best price $3.052025-09-14 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-11-10 — best price $8.992025-12-04 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-02-16 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $8.992026-04-06 — best price $2.242026-04-30 — best price $2.242026-05-25 — best price $8.992026-06-04 — best price $2.242026-06-25 — best price $1.792026-07-20 — best price $2.242026-08-31 — best price $2.242026-09-07 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "Here hangs the pot"
61.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimePartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,42755%94

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

Player tags

2DLogicCasualPuzzleClickerRelaxingHistoricalCollectathonExperimentalSingleplayer

Census log

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

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