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qrth-phyl

Verran · 2018-07-19

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Arcade documentary of maze/dot/snake mechanic within changing dimensions, axis locks and the corruption of the system. Collect, grow, avoid your past, find new space, wake up…

qrth-phyl is a 2018 Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Positive review sentiment (92% of 26 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 26 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-01-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520182025Week of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.00$0.492015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $5.002018-10-29 — best price $4.492018-11-21 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-06-26 — best price $1.242020-05-06 — best price $1.242020-06-25 — best price $1.242020-11-25 — best price $1.242020-12-22 — best price $1.242021-07-19 — best price $1.242021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-11-22 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $3.042023-12-21 — best price $3.042024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $3.492024-12-19 — best price $3.492025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-10-02 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
43.6%
earned "Yum Yum"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-06-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DRetroArcadeAbstractColorfulStylizedSoundtrackAtmosphericDocumentaryProgramming

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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