The Game Census
Shift cover art

Shift

Black Lime Studio · 2016-08-16

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's a fun puzzle game. You have to connect as many figures as possible together. Use yellow "shifters" to change direction of the line. Get more points for longer line.

Shift is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $0.49, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (78% of 346 reviews).

2
playing now
78%
positive of 346 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 49,616 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 346 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2023-01-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.282015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $2.992016-11-01 — best price $0.992016-11-29 — best price $0.992017-01-27 — best price $0.992017-06-02 — best price $0.492017-08-11 — best price $0.492017-11-22 — best price $0.492018-01-05 — best price $0.492018-03-09 — best price $0.492018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-10-05 — best price $0.492018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-02-23 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-09-20 — best price $0.492019-11-15 — best price $0.492020-01-10 — best price $0.492020-05-01 — best price $0.492020-08-21 — best price $0.492020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-02-05 — best price $0.492021-05-28 — best price $0.492021-07-23 — best price $0.492021-11-12 — best price $0.492022-03-04 — best price $0.492022-07-21 — best price $0.492022-10-14 — best price $0.492023-01-07 — best price $0.282023-04-30 — best price $0.292023-10-31 — best price $0.492024-07-01 — best price $0.492025-08-31 — best price $0.492025-11-18 — best price $0.492026-02-19 — best price $0.492026-04-04 — best price $0.492026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-08-25 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
3.4%
earned "SlowMan"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59535%16

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

Player tags

AnimeIndiePuzzleRelaxingStrategySingleplayerFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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