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Recursed

Portponky · Shambles Software · 2016-09-30

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 30, 2016 (Linux), Sep 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2016 (Mac)

A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

Recursed is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 666 reviews).

2
playing now
97%
positive of 666 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 48 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 666 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.992016-10-012026-07-092016-10-01 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $7.992017-02-13 — best price $9.992017-05-15 — best price $7.992017-10-26 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $7.992018-02-15 — best price $3.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992018-10-30 — best price $2.712018-11-27 — best price $7.992019-06-26 — best price $2.712019-11-01 — best price $7.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-08-16 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-05-19 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-09 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $1.992023-06-15 — best price $7.992023-08-03 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-05-30 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-05-29 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "Recursion"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0569%17

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

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleAdventureDifficultPlatformerPixel GraphicsFamily FriendlyGreat SoundtrackPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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