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Understand

Artless Games · 2020-10-30

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 07, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

Understand is a 2020 Casual and Indie game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 846 reviews).

8
playing now
91%
positive of 846 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 67 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 846 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920202026Week of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1912026-09-15 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
435Nov 2020Aug 2026Nov 2020 — avg 18 · peak 73Jan 2021 — avg 16 · peak 58Mar 2021 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2021 — avg 43 · peak 113Sep 2021 — avg 29 · peak 95Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 65Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 31Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 39Jan 2023 — avg 26 · peak 69Mar 2023 — avg 17 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 50Sep 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Mar 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 26Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 23Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$2.792020-10-312026-07-092020-10-31 — best price $3.392020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.792021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-05-19 — best price $2.792022-06-23 — best price $2.792022-11-22 — best price $2.792022-12-22 — best price $2.792023-01-19 — best price $2.792023-03-16 — best price $2.792023-04-24 — best price $2.792023-06-29 — best price $2.792023-08-03 — best price $2.792023-11-21 — best price $2.792023-12-21 — best price $2.792024-02-12 — best price $2.792024-03-14 — best price $2.792024-05-23 — best price $2.792024-06-27 — best price $2.792024-11-27 — best price $2.792024-12-19 — best price $2.792025-01-27 — best price $2.792025-03-13 — best price $2.792025-05-29 — best price $2.792025-06-27 — best price $2.792025-10-01 — best price $2.792025-12-01 — best price $2.792025-12-18 — best price $2.792026-02-16 — best price $2.792026-03-19 — best price $2.792026-05-28 — best price $2.792026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
71.6%
earned "○-□"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Ukrainian, Russian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,19920%13
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualPuzzleAbstractDifficultEducationMinimalistMouse only

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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