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Ripple cover art

Ripple

Playrock Studios · 2017-03-31

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Minimalistic logic puzzle game that's easy to understand, yet hard to master! Are you new to puzzle games, a seasoned veteran or an achievement hunter / trader? Solve some Ripples!

Ripple is a 2017 Casual and Indie game priced at $0.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 76 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 76 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
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.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 29,137 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.27 at Steam (2023-02-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 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 — 1 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 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
300Mar 2017Oct 2022Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 76Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 15May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 144Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 16Apr 2022 — avg 12 · peak 199Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 67Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 372

▲ +4 avg players vs prior month — Oct 2022

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

Price history

$1.99$0.272017-04-012026-08-022017-04-01 — best price $1.692017-06-12 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $0.742019-06-25 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.692020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.692021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-04-19 — best price $0.492021-07-15 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-07 — best price $0.492022-03-04 — best price $0.492022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-08-21 — best price $0.492022-11-22 — best price $0.542023-02-15 — best price $0.272023-04-24 — best price $0.272023-07-29 — best price $0.272023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-05-14 — best price $0.492024-07-21 — best price $0.492024-10-11 — best price $0.492024-12-20 — best price $0.492025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-08-31 — best price $0.492025-10-11 — best price $0.592025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-06-05 — best price $0.492026-07-26 — best price $0.592026-08-02 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
4.4%
earned "Beginner"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleMinimalistSingleplayerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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