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THE BUTTON by Elendow

Elendow · 2023-05-26

Steam

SimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 26, 2023 (Linux), May 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Every time you press the button you get 1 point. Every time you press the button your odds to lose all your points increases by 1%. Good luck.

93%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 178 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (497 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 16,744 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47647620232026Week of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

10
achievements tracked
99.3%
earned "Just getting started."
86.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Catalan

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2023-05-26, latest 2024-02-14 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Census log

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