The Answer Is 42
Short description
The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Connect the numbers. Fill the board. You will find out.
- Developer
- Mens Sana Interactive
- Publisher
- Mens Sana Interactive
- Release
- Thu, Dec 12, 2019
- Price
$1.99
$1.39
30%- Reviews
- 138
- Positive
- 96%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Casual, Indie
- Features
- Full controller support
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $1.23, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $1.99 launch price. That is 38% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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Media
History
2 data points since Aug 8, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.
The blurred area is the rest of the history. 182 further data points reach back to Dec 1, 2019 — 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: $0.69 on Dec 12, 2019.
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