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THE IMPOSSIBLE

IMPOSSIBLE INC · Airem · 2020-07-24

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE IMPOSSIBLE is a minimal perspective illusion puzzle game. You control a small square in the IMPOSSIBLE world and remember: nothing is IMPOSSIBLE.

89%
positive of 581 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 581 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 17 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820202026Week of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.492020-07-242026-08-182020-07-24 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-01-19 — best price $4.992021-03-16 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $1.292021-11-01 — best price $1.042021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-25 — best price $0.492022-10-10 — best price $4.992023-01-19 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-14 — best price $4.992023-07-28 — best price $4.992023-10-24 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-24 — best price $0.692024-04-08 — best price $0.742024-05-22 — best price $0.692024-06-27 — best price $0.692024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-09-21 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $4.992024-12-18 — best price $4.992025-01-17 — best price $0.842025-03-13 — best price $0.742025-05-03 — best price $0.692025-06-26 — best price $0.792025-07-31 — best price $4.992025-09-18 — best price $4.992025-11-19 — best price $0.742026-01-03 — best price $4.992026-03-03 — best price $4.992026-04-03 — best price $0.792026-05-30 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $0.742026-08-18 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
56.2%
earned "HELLO PATCH!"
40.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Finnish, Greek, Dutch, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)64361%10

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

Player tags

ArcadeHorrorPuzzleRobotsSokobanExplorationVisual Novel2D PlatformerPoint & ClickPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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