The Game Census
The Construct cover art

The Construct

Cannibal Panda Studios · 2016-09-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

“The Construct” is a classical top-down view adventure indie game. The gameplay mixes retro-like gameplay mechanics with modern features and a spectacular atmosphere and mysterious storyline.

The Construct is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016 for $0.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 149 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 149 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 27,817 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 149 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.282016-09-122026-08-282016-09-12 — best price $2.632016-10-17 — best price $2.992016-11-05 — best price $1.492016-12-11 — best price $2.992017-02-01 — best price $1.002017-03-27 — best price $2.992018-01-15 — best price $1.492018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-07-09 — best price $1.492018-09-17 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $1.492021-10-05 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-02 — best price $0.492022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-05 — best price $0.492022-04-11 — best price $0.992022-06-24 — best price $0.492022-08-09 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.282022-12-15 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.282023-05-20 — best price $0.992023-08-07 — best price $0.282023-09-27 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-17 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-07-26 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-04-10 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-02-11 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
0.6%
earned "The dominant lifeform III"
0.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionAdventure

Census log

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

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