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The Game of Sisyphus

cream · 2024-04-11

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Roll the boulder to the top.

The Game of Sisyphus is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 862 reviews).

1
playing now
79%
positive of 862 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 862 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2025-01-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820242026Week of 2024-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
652Apr 2024Jul 2026Apr 2024 — avg 65 · peak 177May 2024 — avg 62 · peak 241Jun 2024 — avg 37 · peak 126Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 68Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 29Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 96Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$2.792024-04-122026-07-092024-04-12 — best price $4.192024-04-21 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $4.892024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $4.192024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-01-28 — best price $2.792025-02-11 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $4.892025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-07-25 — best price $4.892025-08-08 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.192026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
99%
earned "Still here?"
24%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)70411%10

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

Player tags

FunnyActionLinearPhysicsAdventureDifficultMythologyDark HumorPlatformerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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