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stepbystep

Evgeny Petrov · Not a Prototype games · 2018-11-22

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2018 (Linux)

stepbystep is a minimalistic programming puzzle platformer with experimental turn-based mechanics where you must write a command sequence to complete the levels that will be run automatically.

stepbystep is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (80% of 10 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
80%
positive of 10 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-09-27 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Top 98% of 50,944 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $0.38 at Steam (2023-04-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182022Week of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.382018-11-232026-08-102018-11-23 — best price $1.492019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-06-17 — best price $0.502019-10-15 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $0.502020-02-11 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.502020-09-30 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $0.502021-06-06 — best price $2.992021-09-24 — best price $0.502021-12-15 — best price $2.992022-02-11 — best price $0.502022-05-16 — best price $2.992022-07-18 — best price $0.502022-10-17 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $0.502023-03-06 — best price $2.992023-05-29 — best price $0.382023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-15 — best price $0.992024-04-01 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-10-21 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-05-19 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-12-01 — best price $0.992026-03-02 — best price $0.492026-04-27 — best price $0.992026-08-03 — best price $0.492026-08-10 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
97.7%
earned "welcome"
47.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.