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Silicon Zeroes

PleasingFungus Games · 2017-09-18

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 2017 (Linux), Sep 18, 2017 (Mac)

Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.

Silicon Zeroes is a 2017 Indie and Simulation game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 284 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 284 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.1k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-04-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320172026Week of 2017-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-09-192026-07-092017-09-19 — best price $13.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $9.892018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $10.042018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $10.042019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-05-19 — best price $4.942022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-30 — best price $3.742023-08-10 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $5.092024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-10-14 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
74.1%
earned "Lighting The Spark"
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8933%13

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

Player tags

IndiePuzzleHackingDifficultEducationSimulationProgrammingSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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