The Game Census
The Red Button cover art

The Red Button

Instant Death · 2024-03-04

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 04, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Resist the urge to press the button and do not uncover the secrets that may lie within its crimson facade. The choice is yours: to press or not to press.

82%
positive of 342 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 149 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 47,132 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920242026Week of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

11
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Welcome Acolyte."
81.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53394%11

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

Census log

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

Players also track

Furry FeetYou Will (Not) RemainBlue Fire: Void Maker9 Childs StreetE.E.R.I.E2Blockappendq.u.q.

Similarity via IGDB.

Discord ↗