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TumbleSeed

Benedict Fritz · aeiowu · 2017-05-02

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
77%
positive of 215 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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.

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  • · Top 58% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
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)

Players online

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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

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieActionNatureAdventureDifficultRogue-liteAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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