Vainly
Short description
Vainly is a short minimalist and story-driven platformer that subverts some of the common expectations from games by blending gameplay with the philosophy of Absurdism.
- Developer
- Ali Saneei
- Publisher
- Ali Saneei
- Release
- Fri, Jun 21, 2024
- Price
- $2.99
- Reviews
- 3
- Positive
- 100%
- Followers
- n/a
- Owners (estimated)
- 0 – 20K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Features
- Full controller support, Custom Volume Controls, Gamepad Recommended, Keyboard Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support
- Tags
Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $2.99 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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Media
History
Tracking started Aug 11, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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INSIDE | Playdead 2 titles | 3 | − Platformer − Philosophical − Short + 2.5D + Puzzle-Platformer + Atmospheric | $24.99 | 70,163 | 97% | Thu, Jul 07, 2016 | $78.9m $50m – $125m |
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Sally Face - Episode One | Portable Moose 2 titles | 3 | − Platformer − Philosophical − Short + Psychological Horror + Horror + Puzzle | $2.99 | 27,989 | 97% | Wed, Dec 14, 2016 | $3.8m $3m – $6m |
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A Bird Story | Freebird Games 6 titles | 3 | − Platformer − Philosophical − Dark + Great Soundtrack + Pixel Graphics + RPGMaker | $3.99 | 8,191 | 86% | Fri, Nov 07, 2014 | $1.5m $798k – $2m |
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DLC Quest | Going Loud Studios 2 titles | 3 | − Story Rich − Philosophical − Dark + Satire + Comedy + Parody | $2.99 | 4,995 | 88% | Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | $609k $542k – $1.1m |
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