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SYMMETRY

Sleepless Clinic · IMGN.PRO · 2018-02-20

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AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2018 (Xbox One), Feb 20, 2018 (Mac), Mar 06, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?

55%
positive of 311 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 8h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.15
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (57 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 23,962 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 311 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.71 at GreenManGaming (2025-05-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $11.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

17
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Firestarter"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Hungarian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47416%17
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)33921%14
Xbox One (Xbox)14510%17
Steam (Steam)50%25
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategySurvivalAdventureFuturisticManagementMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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