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What Makes Us Special

Mikołaj Spychał · 2020-04-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2020 (Linux)

What do you need to start a school newspaper? The team of course! Nobody is perfect. Everyone is different.

What Makes Us Special is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation game priced at $5.99 and released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 37 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 37 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2022-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202025Week of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.592020-04-272026-07-092020-04-27 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $12.992020-11-25 — best price $6.492021-01-05 — best price $12.992021-03-08 — best price $1.292021-05-17 — best price $12.992021-08-02 — best price $1.292021-10-15 — best price $12.992021-11-24 — best price $1.292021-12-17 — best price $12.992022-02-07 — best price $10.392022-04-15 — best price $12.992022-06-24 — best price $1.292022-08-19 — best price $12.992022-10-15 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $0.592023-01-05 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $0.592023-08-14 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $1.792024-03-21 — best price $5.992024-12-20 — best price $0.712025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-08-23 — best price $1.192025-10-20 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-03-26 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
80.3%
earned "Beginning"
45.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Polish

Player tags

CuteAnimeFunnyCasualComedyRomanceColorfulAdventureDating SimReplay Value

Census log

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

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