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THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Director's Cut

Three Dots Games · 2023-11-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dr. Herman, your sci-fi journey begins. Armed only with your mind and the Manipulator that operates with different types of energy, you'll have to pass through portals, visit parallel worlds, and solve physics-based puzzles.

THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE: Director's Cut is a $14.99 Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2023, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 365 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

1
playing now
72%
positive of 365 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (10 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (153 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 365 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220232026Week of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492023-11-292026-07-092023-11-29 — best price $9.742023-12-06 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $9.742024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $9.742024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $9.742024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
69.6%
earned "Escape from Delta"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2217%45

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

Player tags

LogicActionHorrorPuzzleSci-fiMysterySurrealAdventureNarrationStory Rich

Census log

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

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