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The Unfolding Engine: Paint a Game

64k · 2018-12-03

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Unfolding Engine: Paint a Game is a new paradigm of Metroidvania 2.5D game making software. That allows you to make the content of your game while you are playing it! The entire software is designed around allowing you to make and share worlds, share tools, and levels. All in real time.

The Unfolding Engine: Paint a Game is an Action, Free To Play, Indie and RPG game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 29 reviews).

0
playing now
79%
positive of 29 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182025Week of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
6.6%
earned "statics1"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-12-17 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieActionSandboxAtmosphericEarly AccessFree to PlayMetroidvania

Census log

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

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