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Recursion Deluxe

2D Heroes · 2016-02-12

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2016 (Linux), Feb 12, 2016 (Mac)

A crash landing on a world inhabited by bee-like lifeforms. Stranded, our hero must unravel the rules of this uncharted planet to find their way home. Navigate a world where left is right, up is down, and you don't know where the simulation ends and you begin.

Recursion Deluxe is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with Very Positive (87% of 86 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 86 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 41% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2021-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
60Feb 2016Apr 2021Feb 2016 — avg 6 · peak 122Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 22Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 138Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Apr 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.742016-02-122026-07-092016-02-12 — best price $4.492016-02-19 — best price $4.992016-04-20 — best price $3.742016-06-23 — best price $1.242016-08-22 — best price $2.492016-08-30 — best price $1.242016-11-23 — best price $1.242016-12-22 — best price $1.242017-03-20 — best price $0.992017-06-23 — best price $1.242017-10-27 — best price $1.242017-11-22 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $1.242018-02-16 — best price $0.992018-06-22 — best price $0.992018-07-17 — best price $3.992018-12-21 — best price $1.242019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-12-20 — best price $1.242020-03-25 — best price $4.492020-05-04 — best price $4.992020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.242021-10-28 — best price $0.742021-11-24 — best price $0.742021-12-22 — best price $0.742023-03-17 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-20 — best price $1.242026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
6.9%
earned "Bumbling Along"
1.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualPuzzleDifficultPlatformerPixel GraphicsPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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