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Verlet Swing cover art

Verlet Swing

Flamebait Games · 2018-09-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 11, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 14, 2019 (Xbox One), Jun 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 18, 2018 (Mac), Sep 18, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!

Verlet Swing is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 711 reviews).

1
playing now
88%
positive of 711 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (60 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 711 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-03-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-09-182026-10-092018-09-18 — best price $12.742018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-11-01 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-19 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $5.092022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-18 — best price $5.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $4.492023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-12-22 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $2.992024-10-23 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
67%
earned "Ouch, that hurt"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Danish, Finnish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-09-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8752%28
Xbox One (Xbox)4362%25
PS4 (PlayStation)2536%26
Switch (Nintendo)150%0

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

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroActionParkourPhysicsSurrealFast-PacedPlatformerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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