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Spectrum cover art

Spectrum

3D Avenue · 2016-09-22

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 22, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Dec 16, 2014 (iOS), Aug 24, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), 2015 (Android), Sep 22, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Spectrum is a platformer set in an abstract world of stylized shapes and bright colors. Escape from 80 levels spread in 8 mysterious environments.

Spectrum is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 71 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 71 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.69★
PlayStation Store rating (13 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Dormant
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 0 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · No new reviews since week of 2022-11-01.
  • · Top 47% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Jul 2016Dec 2020Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 79Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 19Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $4.952016-09-23 — best price $4.492016-09-29 — best price $4.992016-10-12 — best price $4.992016-12-27 — best price $2.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-09-23 — best price $2.492017-09-26 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $1.692017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $1.692017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.692018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $1.692018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $1.692018-11-27 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $1.692019-01-03 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
34.1%
earned "Chapter 01 - Level 01"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-22 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DIndieAbstractAdventureDifficultMinimalistPlatformerUnforgivingSide ScrollerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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