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Windosill cover art

Windosill

Vectorpark · 2009-09-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 15, 2011 (iOS), May 26, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2009 (Web browser), Apr 19, 2012 (Linux), May 26, 2009 (Mac)

A short, surprising, toy-like puzzle game.

Windosill is a 2009 Adventure, Casual, Indie title priced at $2.99, with a Very Positive sentiment (92% of 1138 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
92%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
0.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Windosill is a 2009 puzzle video game by Vectorpark for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, web browsers, and iOS. The player advances through eleven different rooms by interacting with each level's environmental objects. It was developed by Patrick Smith, an artist who taught himself to animate and program the game in Adobe Flash. He was inspired by a variety of painters and artists. The game was first released for Windows, OS X, and web browsers in 2009, and was later ported to the iPad in 2011, with several added features.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 46k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,138 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Humble Store (2016-01-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.892015-01-012023-07-072015-01-01 — best price $1.012015-05-08 — best price $1.792015-05-19 — best price $1.792015-06-11 — best price $2.002015-07-09 — best price $0.982015-08-28 — best price $2.002015-08-31 — best price $2.002016-01-15 — best price $0.892016-02-05 — best price $2.002016-05-05 — best price $1.012016-06-23 — best price $1.012016-07-14 — best price $2.992016-09-22 — best price $2.992016-11-25 — best price $0.982016-12-15 — best price $0.982017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-01-26 — best price $2.992017-05-25 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992017-09-21 — best price $2.992017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $0.982017-12-21 — best price $0.982018-01-11 — best price $0.982018-05-10 — best price $0.982018-06-21 — best price $0.982018-08-30 — best price $0.982018-11-15 — best price $0.982019-01-10 — best price $0.982019-05-10 — best price $0.982020-10-29 — best price $0.982020-11-25 — best price $0.982020-12-22 — best price $0.982021-01-14 — best price $0.982021-02-11 — best price $1.012021-03-15 — best price $2.992021-05-18 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-09-06 — best price $2.992023-07-07 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1922026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 16 pageviews2026-09-04 — 10 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 11 pageviews2026-09-20 — 15 pageviews2026-09-24 — 10 pageviews2026-09-28 — 16 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

CuteIndieShortCasualPuzzleSurrealRelaxingAdventureBeautifulAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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