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Scalak

Hamster On Coke Games · 2018-05-22

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2018 (Android), May 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2018 (iOS)

Fulfilling puzzle game.

Scalak is a Casual and Indie game released in 2018 for $2.99, with Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 1140 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

1
playing now
97%
positive of 1.1k 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
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
131May 2018Dec 2024May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 28Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 18May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.592018-05-232026-07-272018-05-23 — best price $1.792018-08-06 — best price $1.992018-11-06 — best price $1.592018-12-17 — best price $1.992019-02-18 — best price $1.492019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $1.392019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.392020-04-27 — best price $1.992020-08-03 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $0.792021-09-06 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $0.792022-01-17 — best price $1.992022-04-18 — best price $1.692022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-10-24 — best price $1.792023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-04-24 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-06-03 — best price $1.492024-08-05 — best price $2.992024-12-02 — best price $1.492025-03-03 — best price $2.992025-05-26 — best price $1.492025-08-04 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-03-16 — best price $2.992026-06-01 — best price $1.492026-07-27 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
52.9%
earned "Please leave a review, THANKS!"
50.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

27 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,14799%2

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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