The Game Census
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PSYCRON

Mothware · 2021-08-19

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.

94%
positive of 113 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 21,465 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.84 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920212026Week of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$3.842021-08-202026-01-052021-08-20 — best price $5.942021-08-26 — best price $6.992021-10-28 — best price $5.592021-11-01 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $5.242021-12-01 — best price $6.992021-12-22 — best price $4.892022-01-05 — best price $6.992023-03-17 — best price $4.892023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $4.542023-07-13 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $4.192024-01-04 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $4.542024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $3.842024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $4.192024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $4.192025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-07-02 — best price $3.842025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-10-01 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.842026-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
74.2%
earned "Area Secure"
52.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DSpaceActionLinearSci-fiControllerPlatformerAtmosphericExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

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