The Steps as we know them
Short description
Use the moves of chess to solve puzzles. Find your way with six different pieces, through six different worlds. Use a varying way of thinking in each world.
- Developer
- Studio Idem
- Publisher
- Studio Idem
- Release
- Mon, May 31, 2021
- Price
- $4.99
- Reviews
- 1
- Positive
- 100%
- Followers
- 23
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Strategy
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $4.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.
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History
Tracking started Sep 21, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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