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When Ski Lifts Go Wrong

Hugecalf Studios · Curve Games · 2019-01-23

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationSports

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 23, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 23, 2019 (Mac)

Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Sports game priced at $14.99 and released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (87% of 885 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 885 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

When Ski Lifts Go Wrong is a 2019 construction and management simulation video game developed by British indie developer Hugecalf Studios and published by Curve Digital. When Ski Lifts Go Wrong was released in early access on 4 October 2017 and fully released on 23 January 2019 on Windows, macOS and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (69 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 885 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.18-92%
Fanatical$1.19-92%
GreenManGaming$1.20-92%
IndieGala$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
WinGameStore$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 144 of 174 observed days · $0.18 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek 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 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.072017-10-052026-10-122017-10-05 — best price $8.992019-02-07 — best price $14.992019-04-19 — best price $9.742019-07-10 — best price $14.992019-10-07 — best price $14.992019-12-07 — best price $6.512020-01-27 — best price $14.882020-03-16 — best price $5.092020-05-11 — best price $14.992020-07-26 — best price $4.752020-09-19 — best price $13.492020-11-10 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-20 — best price $14.692021-05-30 — best price $14.992021-08-12 — best price $14.992021-10-27 — best price $3.752022-01-14 — best price $2.992022-03-21 — best price $12.592022-05-17 — best price $2.992022-08-05 — best price $2.992022-10-21 — best price $2.342022-12-30 — best price $14.992023-03-14 — best price $12.592023-06-03 — best price $11.012023-08-19 — best price $14.992023-10-27 — best price $1.502024-01-01 — best price $12.442024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-04 — best price $14.992024-11-01 — best price $1.192025-01-24 — best price $1.392025-05-19 — best price $1.192025-08-28 — best price $1.502025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-03-03 — best price $11.892026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-08-09 — best price $1.192026-09-26 — best price $1.202026-10-12 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-05-30 — 1 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 0 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 3 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 0 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 1 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 3 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
72.7%
earned "5 Riders Down!"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,7011%40
Switch (Nintendo)190%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieCasualPuzzleSkiingSportsPhysicsSandboxBuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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