The Game Census
Sketch! Run! cover art

Sketch! Run!

VI GAMES LLC · My Way Games · 2017-03-31

Steam

IndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Once upon a time the scribbles  in a copy-book became alive. And Liny became alive together with them. He is eager to get to know more about the real world and visit it! But lots of difficulties are expecting him on his way. Help him to become free!

Sketch! Run! is a 2017 Indie Early Access priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment from 75% of 36 reviews.

2
playing now
75%
positive of 36 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
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.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5170Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2024 — avg 45 · peak 495Dec 2024 — avg 348 · peak 4,680Jan 2025 — avg 517 · peak 1,671Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 182Mar 2025 — avg 96 · peak 408Apr 2025 — avg 25 · peak 168May 2025 — avg 13 · peak 185Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 46Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 126 · peak 1,320
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.492017-03-312026-08-032017-03-31 — best price $1.792017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $1.192017-11-22 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-02-05 — best price $1.792018-02-15 — best price $1.192018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $1.112018-11-21 — best price $1.112018-12-20 — best price $1.112021-10-28 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992024-10-12 — best price $0.872024-11-27 — best price $0.492024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-01-31 — best price $0.492025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-04 — best price $0.492025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-06 — best price $0.492025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-10-22 — best price $0.492025-12-05 — best price $0.492026-01-17 — best price $0.492026-03-10 — best price $0.492026-04-23 — best price $0.492026-06-06 — best price $0.542026-06-25 — best price $0.542026-07-20 — best price $0.542026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieEarly Access

Census log

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

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