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Spinch cover art

Spinch

Queen Bee Games · Akupara Games · 2020-09-03

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 03, 2020 (Mac), Sep 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue a litter of its missing offspring, in this side-scrolling, psychedelic platformer from the mind of award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs.

Spinch is an Action and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 247 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 247 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 56% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.9k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 247 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.75-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.75-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.97 at GameBillet (2026-08-06) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 119 of 161 observed days · $0.78 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120202026Week of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.852020-09-032026-08-302020-09-03 — best price $8.342020-12-11 — best price $14.992021-04-12 — best price $11.242021-07-30 — best price $10.492021-10-28 — best price $7.902021-12-17 — best price $7.992022-03-04 — best price $8.992022-05-13 — best price $7.202022-07-22 — best price $8.992022-09-30 — best price $6.602022-12-05 — best price $10.902023-02-04 — best price $11.592023-04-13 — best price $8.242023-06-11 — best price $6.742023-08-09 — best price $14.992023-11-15 — best price $14.992024-01-16 — best price $5.992024-03-08 — best price $14.992024-04-23 — best price $4.032024-06-17 — best price $4.642024-08-14 — best price $13.052024-10-19 — best price $14.992025-01-13 — best price $11.012025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-06-18 — best price $5.242025-08-26 — best price $5.252025-11-09 — best price $11.512026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $4.452026-04-27 — best price $3.682026-06-05 — best price $3.682026-07-28 — best price $11.892026-08-30 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "DOOR CRASHER!"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2940%31
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieRetroActionStylizedDifficultPlatformerPsychedelicSingleplayer

Census log

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

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