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Minimalism

Minimalist platformer with maze-like levels and key-locked doors

PixelMouse · Released Feb 8, 2017

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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
Minimum PC
2 GB RAM
Full requirements

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 ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 41 players on Oct 16, 2026.

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Oct 17, 20264
Oct 16, 202641
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Oct 10, 20267
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Oct 6, 20266
Oct 5, 20269
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Oct 3, 202612
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Oct 1, 202613
Sep 30, 20269
Sep 29, 20268
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Sep 27, 20266
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Sep 25, 20266
Sep 24, 20266
Sep 23, 20264
Sep 23, 20264
Sep 22, 202614
Sep 21, 202618

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 screenshot 1

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.

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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

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