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TumbleSeed cover art

TumbleSeed

Benedict Fritz · aeiowu · 2017-05-02

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 02, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 02, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 02, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 02, 2017 (Mac)

TumbleSeed is a deceptively deep roguelike about balancing a seed up a dangerous and ever-changing mountain.

TumbleSeed is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (77% of 215 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 215 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.48★
PlayStation Store rating (27 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

TumbleSeed is an indie action video game, created by developer Benedict Fritz and designer Greg Wohlwend, in which the player balances a rolling seed on an ascending, horizontally slanted vine past procedurally generated obstacles to reach the top of a mountain. It is based on the mechanical arcade game Ice Cold Beer and built partially through the Cards Against Humanity game incubation program. TumbleSeed was released in May 2017 to generally favorable reviews on MacOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows platforms. Critics, in particular, appreciated their haptic sense of the rolling seed from the Nintendo Switch's sensitive HD Rumble. Many reviewers noted TumbleSeed's intense and sometimes uneven difficulty, which the developers hoped to address in a post-release update. They credited this stigma and a tepid critical reception for the game's slow sales, but were proud of their work.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.4k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 215 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.94 at Humble Store (2018-08-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320172026Week of 2017-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.942017-05-022026-07-092017-05-02 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $11.992017-11-22 — best price $9.742017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-01-11 — best price $9.742018-03-19 — best price $7.492018-06-22 — best price $5.092018-08-30 — best price $4.942018-11-15 — best price $4.942018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-05-09 — best price $14.992019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-06-08 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-09-12 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $4.942019-12-19 — best price $4.942020-01-09 — best price $4.942020-01-22 — best price $4.942020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-11-28 — best price $4.942020-12-22 — best price $4.942021-05-02 — best price $4.942021-06-26 — best price $4.942022-05-02 — best price $4.942026-07-02 — best price $10.042026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

83402026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 2 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 302 pageviews2026-07-07 — 76 pageviews2026-07-11 — 34 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 14 pageviews2026-07-23 — 27 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 8 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 8 pageviews2026-10-03 — 17 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
58.8%
earned "Sightseer"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-05-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1721%13
PS4 (PlayStation)730%9
Switch (Nintendo)350%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionNatureAdventureDifficultRogue-liteAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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