Barbotine

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Barbotine

Short description

An atmospheric horror micro-game that touches on topics of anxiety, isolation, body image and obsessive habits with a surreal PSX aesthetic.

Developer
Alex Rassloff
Publisher
Alex Rassloff
Release
Fri, Mar 08, 2024
Price
$2.99
$1.79
40%
Reviews
168
Positive
90%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Tags
Psychological Surreal Atmospheric 1990's Horror Dark Abstract Stylized Old School Shooter Walking Simulator Psychedelic Adventure First-Person Action-Adventure Exploration Souls-like Short Experimental Combat
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$21ksomewhere between $9k and $37k · roughly 3K–13K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $2.77, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $2.99 launch price. That is 7% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 3, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Price $1.79 → $1.79

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 59 further data points reach back to Mar 1, 2024 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $1.19 on Mar 19, 2026.

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±?? Psychological + Surreal + Atmospheric

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