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Stephen's Sausage Roll

increpare games · 2016-04-17

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 18, 2016 (Mac), Apr 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2016 (Linux)

A simple 3d puzzle game.

4
playing now
95%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
100/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Stephen's Sausage Roll is a 2016 puzzle video game developed and published by Increpare Games, the studio of designer Stephen Lavelle. The player controls a character who pushes sausage links onto hot grill tiles to cook them. It was received well by critics and was praised by other prolific indie puzzle video game creators.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 173 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 50,065 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 51k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Humble Store (2018-08-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1622026-09-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
332Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 33 · peak 73Aug 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2016 — avg 5 · peak 28Apr 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2018 — avg 5 · peak 29Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 12 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 51Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.492016-04-182026-07-092016-04-18 — best price $29.992017-01-02 — best price $29.992017-05-25 — best price $29.992017-09-07 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $10.492018-01-25 — best price $29.992018-08-30 — best price $4.492019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-07-08 — best price $29.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492020-01-09 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-08-27 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-11-01 — best price $29.992022-05-04 — best price $11.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-18 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-24 — best price $8.992023-06-30 — best price $14.992023-08-18 — best price $14.992023-11-06 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-30 — best price $29.992024-10-24 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

159222026-05-29 — 66 pageviews2026-06-02 — 50 pageviews2026-06-06 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-22 — 72 pageviews2026-06-26 — 42 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-12 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-08-01 — 34 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 39 pageviews2026-08-17 — 59 pageviews2026-08-21 — 68 pageviews2026-08-25 — 39 pageviews2026-08-29 — 26 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 37 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 25 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 41 pageviews2026-09-30 — 85 pageviews2026-10-04 — 38 pageviews2026-10-07 — 159 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DIndiePuzzleCookingSokobanTop-DownDifficultSingleplayerPixel GraphicsPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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