Vessel

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Vessel

Short description

Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!

Developer
Strange Loop Games
Publisher
IndiePub
Release
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
Price
$4.99
Reviews
432
Positive
89%
Followers
2,895
Owners (estimated)
200K – 500K
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action, Indie, Strategy
Features
Full controller support
Tags
Puzzle Indie Platformer Steampunk Action Physics Strategy Singleplayer Puzzle-Platformer Adventure 2D Sci-fi Great Soundtrack
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$94ksomewhere between $42k and $2.4m · roughly 9K–500K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range disagree, so the band is widened to cover both rather than picking a favourite. Multiplied by $4.85, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 3% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

11 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$93k → ~$94k
Reviews 428 → 432
Followers 2,893 → 2,895
Concurrent players 1 → 1
Price $4.99 → $4.99
Positive reviews 89.5% → 89.1%

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. 283 further data points reach back to Mar 1, 2012 — 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: $0.74 on Mar 19, 2026.

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

±?? Puzzle + Indie + Platformer

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Image Name Studio Shared Tag difference Price Reviews Positive Released Revenue (estimated)
Puddle Puddle Neko Entertainment 6 titles 5 − Steampunk + Simulation $7.99 357 76% Fri, Nov 09, 2012 $118k
$53k – $1.5m
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$497k – $9m
EDGE EDGE Two Tribes 4 titles 4 − Steampunk − Physics + Puzzle-Platformer + Great Soundtrack $6.99 1,824 92% Thu, Aug 11, 2011 $482k
$214k – $2.9m
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