Understand

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Understand

Short description

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

Developer
Artless Games
Publisher
Artless Games
Release
Fri, Oct 30, 2020
Price
$3.99
Reviews
810
Positive
91%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
13
Genres
Casual, Indie
Tags
Abstract Minimalist Logic Puzzle Experimental Mouse only 2D Singleplayer Indie Casual Education Difficult
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$139ksomewhere between $76k and $191k · roughly 20K–50K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $3.81, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $3.99 launch price. That is 5% 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 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$139k → ~$139k
Reviews 810 → 810
Positive reviews 91.1% → 91.1%

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. 137 further data points reach back to Oct 1, 2020 — 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: $2.79 on Jun 24, 2021.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Understand is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Abstract + Minimalist + Logic

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