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The Deletion

russpuppy · 2015-07-30

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 30, 2015 (Mac)

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The Deletion is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 228 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 228 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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 up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 228 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.492015-07-302026-08-242015-07-30 — best price $1.792015-12-22 — best price $0.792016-06-23 — best price $0.792016-10-28 — best price $0.672017-01-30 — best price $0.592017-08-28 — best price $0.592017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.792019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-02-03 — best price $0.992020-07-13 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.592021-11-06 — best price $0.992022-03-03 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-10-03 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-10-16 — best price $1.992024-01-15 — best price $1.992024-04-08 — best price $1.992024-07-22 — best price $1.992024-11-25 — best price $1.992025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-10-13 — best price $1.992026-02-23 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Player tags

2DActionArcadeCasualLinearPuzzleRunnerDifficultAction RPGPlatformer

Census log

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

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