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RYB

FLEB · 2016-11-17

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2016 (iOS), Oct 24, 2016 (Linux), Oct 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 24, 2016 (Mac)

RYB is a logic puzzle game that plays like a combination of sudoku and minesweeper.

RYB is a free-to-play Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive (91% of 677 reviews) sentiment.

7
playing now
91%
positive of 677 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 118 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-10-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920162026Week of 2016-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-09-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
440Nov 2016Aug 2026Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2023 — avg 44 · peak 239Jan 2024 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002016-10-142023-11-172016-10-14 — best price $4.992016-11-18 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $3.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $3.992017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992020-10-22 — best price $0.992023-11-17 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieLogicPuzzleMinimalistFree to Play

Census log

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

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