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What do you hear?? Yanny vs Laurel cover art

What do you hear?? Yanny vs Laurel

What a Studio · 2018-06-09

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jun 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

What word or name do you hear, and how far do you have to move the slider to hear another? Check it out and be surprised by the possibilities of your brain!

73%
positive of 74 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (27 reviews).
  • · Top 50% of 34,487 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-09-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720182026Week of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$0.492018-06-222026-09-212018-06-22 — best price $0.592018-09-17 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-01-21 — best price $0.992019-05-20 — best price $0.492019-08-12 — best price $0.992019-11-11 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-02-24 — best price $0.492020-06-22 — best price $0.992020-09-21 — best price $0.492020-11-16 — best price $0.992021-01-11 — best price $0.492021-03-08 — best price $0.992021-06-14 — best price $4.992021-09-13 — best price $0.492021-11-15 — best price $4.992022-01-10 — best price $0.492022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-09-26 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $49.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-06-19 — best price $49.992023-09-18 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $49.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $49.992024-12-09 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $49.992025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $49.992026-02-16 — best price $4.992026-04-06 — best price $49.992026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieMemesPsychologicalPsychological Horror

Census log

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