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变量 Variables

Asteroid Game Studio · 2019-07-30

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

We created this unique single player game with a combination of Tower Defence and Roguelike. Come and create your maze, build your turret, defeat the invaders, and save the world!

变量 Variables is a Casual, Indie, Strategy title released in 2019, priced at $10.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1023 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$10.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (394 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at Steam (2022-09-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33833820192026Week of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.092019-07-312026-08-242019-07-31 — best price $14.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $11.242020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-04-06 — best price $7.492020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-08-10 — best price $7.492020-10-05 — best price $14.992020-11-27 — best price $7.492022-05-02 — best price $3.292022-07-07 — best price $10.992022-09-05 — best price $1.092023-01-05 — best price $10.992023-05-01 — best price $2.192023-08-28 — best price $1.092023-10-16 — best price $10.992023-12-22 — best price $1.092024-01-22 — best price $10.992024-07-29 — best price $1.642024-10-21 — best price $10.992024-12-19 — best price $1.092025-01-18 — best price $10.992025-03-13 — best price $1.092025-04-07 — best price $10.992025-06-27 — best price $1.092025-07-28 — best price $10.992025-11-17 — best price $1.092026-01-12 — best price $10.992026-03-19 — best price $1.092026-06-15 — best price $1.092026-07-09 — best price $10.992026-08-24 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned ""Masochism", The Robot"
51.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3432%40

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

Player tags

IndieRetroVoxelAliensCasualSandboxStrategy3D VisionRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.