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The Masterplan

Shark Punch · 2015-06-04

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 04, 2015 (Mac), Jun 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2015 (Linux)

Tactical squad-based heist game set in 1970s. The 2D top-down view gives you a great overview of what's happening at any given moment, allowing you to be a real criminal mastermind. Can you pull off the greatest heist in the history of mankind?

The Masterplan is an Action, Indie and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 524 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
63%
positive of 524 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (13 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 524 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2016-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 77 observed days · $18.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020142026Week of 2014-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
331Sep 2014Sep 2021Sep 2014 — avg 3 · peak 36Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 9Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 39Mar 2015 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2015 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2015 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2015 — avg 6 · peak 32Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 23Jan 2016 — avg 30 · peak 159Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2016 — avg 8 · peak 41Jul 2016 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 37Nov 2016 — avg 5 · peak 21Jan 2017 — avg 6 · peak 27Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.242015-08-11 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-02-23 — best price $2.992016-07-09 — best price $19.992016-09-22 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-12-08 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $6.792020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-06-16 — best price $16.682020-07-09 — best price $16.682020-07-30 — best price $17.882020-08-22 — best price $19.992020-09-13 — best price $17.882020-10-09 — best price $19.992020-11-01 — best price $17.882020-11-24 — best price $19.992020-12-16 — best price $19.992021-01-07 — best price $16.882021-01-30 — best price $19.992021-02-26 — best price $19.992021-03-20 — best price $16.882021-04-13 — best price $19.992021-05-05 — best price $16.882021-05-28 — best price $19.992021-10-11 — best price $16.882024-08-02 — best price $15.892026-06-16 — best price $17.882026-08-16 — best price $15.892026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
20.7%
earned "Snitch"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-06-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2405%14

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

Player tags

2DLootCrimeHeistIndieRetroActionPuzzleStealthStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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