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TheBluePenguin · 2022-02-12

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2022 (Linux)

A short meta story about the struggles of procrastination, and never finishing the things you start. Help motivate me, and give me the confidence I need to finish something.

91%
positive of 81 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 28,541 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020222026Week of 2022-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieCasualRelaxingEmotionalText-BasedAtmosphericSingleplayerVisual NovelPsychological

Census log

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

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