The Game Census
the Line cover art

the Line

Marginal act · 2017-12-07

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2007 (Mac), 2007 (Linux)

The Line is a rogue-like / dungeon crawler with a turn-based combat system. The main object is to stand out the long line for resettlement from the oppressive east segment of the city.

the Line is an Adventure, Indie and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 38 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

55%
positive of 38 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172024Week of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-09 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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