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The Polynomial - Space of the music

Dmytry Lavrov · 2010-10-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 23, 2011 (Linux), May 28, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2010 (Mac)

Experience the music in a new way. Feel it pulse around you. The Polynomial is a 3D space shooter with unique, fractal based scenery that animates to the music.

The Polynomial - Space of the music is a 2010 Action, Casual, and Indie game priced at $6.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 500 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
73%
positive of 500 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Polynomial: Space of the Music is a 3D shooter music and indie game by Russian developer Dmytry Lavrov, released on May 28, 2009.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 500 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142026Week of 2014-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.95$0.692015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-06-11 — best price $3.492015-07-10 — best price $9.952015-12-01 — best price $6.992016-01-04 — best price $6.992016-02-12 — best price $6.992016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-08-02 — best price $6.992016-11-01 — best price $6.992016-11-29 — best price $6.992017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-03-27 — best price $6.992017-07-05 — best price $6.992017-07-24 — best price $6.992017-11-01 — best price $6.992017-11-28 — best price $6.992018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-02-26 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-01 — best price $6.992018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-01-04 — best price $6.992019-07-10 — best price $6.992019-07-22 — best price $6.992019-11-01 — best price $6.992019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-01-02 — best price $6.992020-07-09 — best price $6.992020-12-01 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 0 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-14 — 0 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-25 — 0 pageviews2026-06-30 — 0 pageviews2026-07-04 — 0 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 0 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 0 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 0 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 0 pageviews2026-09-26 — 0 pageviews2026-09-30 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1 pageviews2026-10-10 — 0 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
66.1%
earned "Killed 1 enemy (TEST)"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieMusicActionArcadeCasualFlightRhythmColorfulBullet HellPsychedelic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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