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Sleeper Games · 2022-01-18

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 18, 2022 (Linux)

---Red---Tether--> is an action-packed “combat-puzzle” roguelite. You will tear apart massive space fleets, using nothing but your advanced tether harpoons. Pull and crash ships into another, rip their components off, then grapple-swing your way out of danger.

96%
positive of 82 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 66% of 13,016 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 82 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120222026Week of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$6.492022-01-182026-08-312022-01-18 — best price $11.692022-05-09 — best price $12.992022-11-22 — best price $11.042023-01-05 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $10.392023-04-24 — best price $12.992023-06-29 — best price $9.742023-07-31 — best price $12.992023-10-16 — best price $10.392023-11-28 — best price $12.992023-12-21 — best price $9.092024-01-22 — best price $12.992024-03-14 — best price $9.092024-05-20 — best price $12.992024-08-26 — best price $9.092024-10-14 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $7.792025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-02-17 — best price $8.442025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-05-12 — best price $8.442025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-09-01 — best price $7.142025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-01 — best price $7.142026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-02 — best price $7.792026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-05-25 — best price $7.792026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-08-24 — best price $6.492026-08-31 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DSpaceActionPuzzleSci-fiPhysicsTacticalTop-DownDifficultDestruction

Census log

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

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