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The Entropy Centre

Stubby Games · Playstack · 2022-11-03

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 03, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 03, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 03, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Nov 03, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 27, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Think in reverse. Outsmart the impossible. A mind-bending first-person adventure where you solve ingenious and complex puzzles by rewinding objects through time.

The Entropy Centre is a 2022 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with Very Positive (89% of 4458 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

8
playing now
89%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (312 downloads)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (419 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Entropy Centre is a puzzle video game developed by Stubby Games and published by Playstack.

Trailer

The Entropy Centre trailer thumbnail

The Entropy Centre - Official Release Date Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 336 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 89k–201k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,458 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.47 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 137 of 170 observed days · $21.52 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
75275220222026Week of 2022-11-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1398Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 139 · peak 594Jan 2023 — avg 33 · peak 105Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 168May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 40Jul 2023 — avg 26 · peak 78Sep 2023 — avg 18 · peak 54Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 70Jan 2024 — avg 22 · peak 74Mar 2024 — avg 17 · peak 60May 2024 — avg 20 · peak 69Jul 2024 — avg 21 · peak 53Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Nov 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 44May 2025 — avg 21 · peak 64Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Sep 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30Nov 2025 — avg 19 · peak 66Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 36Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$2.942022-08-052026-10-142022-08-05 — best price $99.992022-12-23 — best price $21.242023-02-10 — best price $20.732023-04-06 — best price $18.742023-05-14 — best price $17.462023-07-03 — best price $22.472023-08-18 — best price $12.492023-10-02 — best price $12.492023-12-08 — best price $24.992024-01-16 — best price $8.062024-02-21 — best price $8.382024-04-01 — best price $19.992024-04-25 — best price $16.192024-06-04 — best price $17.982024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $15.892024-09-16 — best price $7.992024-10-17 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-04 — best price $6.372025-02-03 — best price $15.082025-03-13 — best price $4.402025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-06-20 — best price $5.992025-08-18 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.402025-11-06 — best price $4.992025-12-19 — best price $6.002026-02-16 — best price $6.002026-03-25 — best price $4.002026-05-10 — best price $16.382026-06-04 — best price $19.992026-07-04 — best price $18.492026-08-10 — best price $15.082026-09-03 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-10-03 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2412026-05-15 — 8 pageviews2026-05-19 — 12 pageviews2026-05-23 — 11 pageviews2026-05-27 — 13 pageviews2026-05-31 — 13 pageviews2026-06-04 — 19 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 2 pageviews2026-06-24 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 9 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 11 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 22 pageviews2026-10-10 — 11 pageviews2026-10-12 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
87%
earned "It's Rewind Time"
35.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-11-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,05913%27
PS5 (PlayStation)56134%28
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)42914%27
PS5 (PlayStation)37930%28
PS4 (PlayStation)14144%28
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FunnySpacePuzzleSci-fiPhysicsAdventureFuturisticStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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