The Game Census
SHENZHEN I/O cover art

SHENZHEN I/O

Zachtronics · 2016-11-17

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 17, 2016 (Linux), Nov 17, 2016 (Mac), Oct 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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32
playing now
95%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 113k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,504 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-50%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.94 at Steam (2018-09-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 22 of 38 observed days · $2.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5402026-08-06 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 37 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 38 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 41 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 45 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 31 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.952016-10-062026-08-302016-10-06 — best price $13.492017-04-09 — best price $14.992017-11-16 — best price $11.242018-03-20 — best price $10.042018-07-04 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $12.992019-01-10 — best price $7.492019-05-10 — best price $7.492019-08-15 — best price $14.992019-12-10 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-11 — best price $7.492020-09-14 — best price $7.492020-12-16 — best price $7.492021-03-17 — best price $14.992021-07-09 — best price $14.992021-12-13 — best price $7.492022-03-29 — best price $7.492022-07-27 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-04-03 — best price $7.492023-07-14 — best price $14.992023-10-09 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-20 — best price $7.492024-05-30 — best price $14.992024-07-31 — best price $14.992024-10-17 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $14.992025-05-14 — best price $7.492025-08-09 — best price $14.992025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
46.4%
earned "CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,6963%6
Windows (Xbox)2,0769%10

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicPuzzleHackingSandboxBuildingDifficultEducationSolitaire

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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