The Game Census
The Minotaur cover art

The Minotaur

· 2016-01-21

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2016 (Mac)

Four humans have been put to test by the Gods of the Ancient Greece, they shall face the minotaurs in the labyrinth. To survive, the must show their wisdom and solve the traps inside the labyrinth, all while avoiding the minotaurs. Their goal is to reach the last room, where the exit will be shown and they can finally be free.

The Minotaur is a free-to-play Action and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 68 reviews).

0
playing now
69%
positive of 68 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002016-01-212019-08-182016-01-21 — best price $3.992016-01-28 — best price $4.992016-02-08 — best price $2.492016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-02-15 — best price $2.992016-06-18 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $0.492016-07-04 — best price $1.992018-10-26 — best price $2.992018-12-21 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-07-09 — best price $1.992019-08-18 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
6.7%
earned "No more friends"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieActionPuzzleFree to Play

Census log

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

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