STAY
An arcade endurance game about juggling randomly selected timed tasks
Gleetch · Released Feb 26, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 77
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 4 years ago
- Mar 15, 2022
What is STAY?
STAY is a free, single-player puzzle game built around survival runs. You complete on-screen tasks drawn from more than twenty randomized minigames before their deadlines, trying to last as long as possible and compete on a global leaderboard.
For you if...
- +you enjoy fast decisions and constantly shifting priorities
Not for you if...
- −you prefer solving one puzzle at your own pace
- −you dislike doing arithmetic under time pressure
What players say
92% of 77 reviews are positive
Players praise the multitasking concept and the satisfaction of improving through practice. Recurring complaints concern new tasks obscuring active puzzles, finicky mouse input, and tasks failing to recognize completion.
Screenshots and trailer
STAY system requirements
Minimum: 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run STAY?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
- Notes
- Mouse and Keyboard only
Does STAY have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does STAY run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 20
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does STAY use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Experimental
- Logic
- Score Attack
- Arcade
- Difficult
- Survival
- Surreal
- Procedural Generation
- Puzzle
- Indie
- Casual
- Singleplayer
- Pixel Graphics
- 2D
Recent updates
- Mar 2, 2022 · Patch 2.0 Hotfix
- Feb 26, 2022 · Anniversary Patch: 2.0
- Feb 7, 2022 · Upcoming Anniversary Update
- Jan 13, 2022 · Leaderboard Wipe Fix (1.2.1)
- Feb 26, 2021 · DEV LETTER: Release Notes
1 DLC available.