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Sisyphus Is a Bug

moraguma · 2025-11-14

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2025 (Linux)

As punishment for dirtying Olympus's marble halls, Sisyphus, the dung beetle, must push his ball of dung up and down Mount Olympus every day, for the rest of his life. That is, unless he can complete the seemingly impossible task of reaching Olympus before the sun sets

98%
positive of 60 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 70% of 13,781 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520252026Week of 2025-11-14: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.492025-11-142026-07-092025-11-14 — best price $4.492025-11-21 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-13 — best price $3.992026-02-17 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.242026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-05-28 — best price $3.742026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Census log

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

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