Minimalism
Minimalist platformer with maze-like levels and key-locked doors
PixelMouse · Released Feb 8, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 70% of 3,118
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 61% of 18 in 30 days
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Mar 20, 2017
What is Minimalism?
In this single-player 2D platformer, you guide a cube through 30 maze-like levels, collecting keys to open doors between them. The levels grow harder as you progress.
For you if...
- +you like minimalist visuals and maze-like levels
- +you enjoy challenging, level-based platforming
Not for you if...
- −you want a relaxed platformer with little trial and error
- −you dislike collecting keys to progress through levels
What players say
70% of 3,118 reviews are positive · 61% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the minimalist look and the achievements. Their most common complaints are slippery or unresponsive movement and spike collisions they find inconsistent or unfair.
Players over time
▲ +5% vs a month agoPlayers online on Steam, one sample a day.
Highest since Sep 2026: 41 players on Oct 16, 2026.
Show the data
| Day | Players |
|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2026 | 4 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | 5 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | 2 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | 7 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | 9 |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 16 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 17 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 21 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 6 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | 11 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | 10 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 1 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | 12 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | 5 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 6 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 10 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 7 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 41 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 9 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 8 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 16 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 17 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 14 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 7 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 12 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 9 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 5 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 6 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 9 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 9 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 12 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 8 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 8 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 6 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 8 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 6 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 6 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 4 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 4 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 14 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 18 |
How many players finish Minimalism?
5.4% of Steam players have unlocked «Comprehending Zen», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Minimalism system requirements
Minimum: 2 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Minimalism?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 1 GHz Processor
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
Does Minimalism have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Minimalism run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- 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
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 165
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek, Danish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Finnish, Czech, Swedish, Japanese, Azerbaijani, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Afrikaans, Basque, Belarusian, Bangla, Bosnian, Valencian, Welsh, Wolof, Galician, Georgian, Gujarati, Dari, Zulu, Hebrew, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Yoruba, Kazakh, Kannada, Catalan, Quechua, Kinyarwanda, K'iche', Konkani, Xhosa, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi (Gurmukhi), Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Persian, Serbian, Sotho, Sinhala, Sindhi, Slovak, Slovenian, Sorani, Swahili, Tajik, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tigrinya, Tswana, Turkmen, Uzbek, Uyghur, Urdu, Filipino, Hausa, Hindi, Croatian, Cherokee, Scots, Estonian.
Does Minimalism 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 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam