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Semblance

Nyamakop · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2018-07-24

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 24, 2018 (Mac), Jul 24, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 24, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.

Semblance is a 2018 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 85% of 404 reviews and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
85%
positive of 404 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Semblance is a 2018 puzzle-platform game developed by South African studio Nyamakop and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It was released on 24 July 2018 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 29,196 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 404 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GameBillet$1.73-83%
Gamesplanet$1.77-82%
IndieGala$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 120 of 140 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-16 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-17 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.792018-07-242026-10-172018-07-24 — best price $7.192018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $4.992019-11-30 — best price $3.762020-02-13 — best price $9.232020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-07-23 — best price $4.442020-10-02 — best price $8.382020-11-15 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-03-02 — best price $8.382021-05-03 — best price $8.382021-06-30 — best price $1.892021-09-06 — best price $2.502021-11-06 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-04-06 — best price $2.492022-06-02 — best price $7.342022-08-14 — best price $1.872022-10-25 — best price $2.492023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-05-23 — best price $1.842023-08-30 — best price $2.502024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-19 — best price $1.902024-06-08 — best price $9.992024-08-15 — best price $0.992024-11-05 — best price $0.992025-02-03 — best price $7.342025-05-09 — best price $0.992025-09-08 — best price $7.652025-12-19 — best price $2.002026-04-20 — best price $1.092026-08-14 — best price $0.992026-09-13 — best price $0.992026-10-13 — best price $0.992026-10-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 6 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 0 pageviews2026-09-22 — 0 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 2 pageviews2026-10-11 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
54.9%
earned "Playdough enthusiast"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)52926%14
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieActionCasualPuzzleColorfulRelaxingAdventureMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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