Direct
Short description
Direct is a fast paced score-attack game. Play to unlock cosmetic ship upgrades and increasingly more difficult game modes. Approximately a 2 hour experience to complete, but still fun and easy to jump back into during a coffee break to beat your high scores. Addictive, infuriating fun!
- Developer
- ToastieLabs
- Publisher
- ToastieLabs
- Release
- Thu, Aug 17, 2017
- Price
$0.99
$0.49
51%
best price ever- Reviews
- 56
- Positive
- 63%
- Followers
- 86
- Owners (estimated)
- 20K – 50K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Indie
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $0.93, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $0.99 launch price. That is 6% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
4 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 156 further data points reach back to Aug 1, 2017 — 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: $0.49 on Aug 15, 2026. That is the current price.
Similar games that found an audience
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| Image | Name | Studio | Shared | Tag difference | Price | Reviews | Positive | Released | Revenue (estimated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sparkle 2 Evo | unknown | 4 | − Score Attack + Simulation + Relaxing | $4.99 | 1,528 | 73% | Thu, Oct 24, 2013 | $295k $131k – $2.1m |
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Tasty Blue | Dingo Games 5 titles | 4 | − Score Attack + Underwater + Funny | $7.99 | 694 | 89% | Tue, Feb 10, 2015 | $337k $337k – $374k |
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Nimble Quest | unknown | 4 | − Score Attack + Pixel Graphics + Arcade | $4.99 | 672 | 90% | Fri, Dec 06, 2013 | $235k $235k – $252k |
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The Wonderful End of the World | Dejobaan Games, LLC 11 titles | 4 | − Score Attack + Short + Funny | $9.99 | 565 | 80% | Thu, Jul 17, 2008 | $229k $102k – $1.8m |
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Tasty Planet | Dingo Games 5 titles | 4 | − Score Attack + Adventure + Funny | $5.99 | 492 | 84% | Thu, Nov 02, 2017 | $122k $110k – $216k |
There are more like this. Your plan shows the 5 closest neighbours; Plus and Pro show up to 100 — enough to see the shape of a niche instead of a sample of it.