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while True: learn()

Luden.io · 2019-01-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 07, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 17, 2019 (Linux), Jan 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 26, 2024 (Xbox One), Aug 27, 2020 (Android)

You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!

while True: learn() is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $12.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (91% of 8186 reviews).

16
playing now
91%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (63 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

while True: learn is a programming puzzle game developed and published by Luden.io.

Trailer

while True: learn() trailer thumbnail

while True: learn() - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 309 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 205k–491k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.09-30%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.89 at GamersGate (2018-12-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 31 of 74 observed days · $4.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52152120182026Week of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6182026-09-15 12:00 — 61 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 39 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 23 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 44 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 44 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1440Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 21 · peak 81Jul 2018 — avg 17 · peak 74Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2019 — avg 144 · peak 790Apr 2019 — avg 17 · peak 47Jul 2019 — avg 57 · peak 361Oct 2019 — avg 21 · peak 59Jan 2020 — avg 31 · peak 78Apr 2020 — avg 18 · peak 45Jul 2020 — avg 29 · peak 77Oct 2020 — avg 46 · peak 483Jan 2021 — avg 22 · peak 73Apr 2021 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 45Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 39Jan 2022 — avg 31 · peak 85Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 47Jul 2022 — avg 17 · peak 46Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 35Jan 2023 — avg 15 · peak 41Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 49Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 58Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 64Oct 2024 — avg 35 · peak 266Jan 2025 — avg 47 · peak 146Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 44Jul 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 47Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.892018-02-162026-10-142018-02-16 — best price $4.992018-08-30 — best price $5.942019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-05-20 — best price $9.092019-09-23 — best price $12.992020-01-10 — best price $9.352020-05-12 — best price $12.992020-09-28 — best price $12.992021-01-13 — best price $14.992021-07-19 — best price $12.992021-12-16 — best price $9.352022-03-28 — best price $9.092022-06-24 — best price $8.702022-09-06 — best price $12.992022-11-22 — best price $9.092023-01-03 — best price $12.992023-03-23 — best price $12.992023-07-13 — best price $12.992023-10-07 — best price $9.092024-01-05 — best price $12.992024-04-04 — best price $9.092024-07-22 — best price $8.442024-10-15 — best price $12.992025-01-14 — best price $8.442025-04-14 — best price $12.992025-07-14 — best price $8.182025-09-25 — best price $8.702025-12-18 — best price $7.922026-05-25 — best price $12.992026-08-31 — best price $9.092026-09-12 — best price $12.992026-09-24 — best price $12.992026-10-06 — best price $12.992026-10-14 — best price $9.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6302026-07-22 — 24 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-03 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-11 — 12 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-05 — 14 pageviews2026-10-08 — 12 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
93.3%
earned "First .. Bit?"
8.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input3 DLC

32 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Hungarian, Korean, Greek, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-01-25, latest 2019-03-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,9753%31
PS4 (PlayStation)26126%29
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)7814%28
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CatsIndieLogicPuzzleSandboxScienceBuildingEducationSimulationProgramming

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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