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Rodland of Pipes

99% positive · 285 Steam reviews · released Aug 7, 2024 · by Justin Jones

HorrorPoint & ClickUndergroundSurrealHand-drawnDifficultSupernaturalAtmospheric

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~10,816 (P10–P90: 4,326 – 23,795)

Gross revenue: ~$79,733 ($31,890 – $175,412)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Gameplay & mechanics100% positive · 35 mentions
“A spoopy game all about crawling through claustrophobic pipes deep underground. This game will test your spatial awareness, reflex, map skills and even some puzzle solving. Interesting "characters" with various mechanics that keep you on…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 2 h played
Visuals & audio100% positive · 30 mentions
“I adore this game, it's F U N. And, to this day, Rodland of Pipes has been… basically the task-based horror I ever genuinely enjoyed, there's just… something special to it. It's wacky and bizarre, it's not stationary, yet very…”Recommended · Steam review · Jun 2025 · 5 h played
Story & writing100% positive · 27 mentions
“Without spoiling the surprise, but that final thing after completing the story mode was peak! (Insert Martin Scorsese "hands up" with caption: Absolute Cinema)”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 3 h played
Price & value95% positive · 21 mentions
“I sh*t my pants on pipe 3 and i dn't think i will ever touch it again. It's too good to refund and it's going to collect dust in my library. I recommend”Recommended · Steam review · Apr 2025 · 1 h played
Content & longevity93% positive · 15 mentions
“10/10 This game is the first in a LONG time to make me physically jump out of my chair. I genuinely cant think of a single flaw I've noticed in my first 1-2 hours of playing, and every time I've died it felt completely fair. Great game…”Recommended · Steam review · Aug 2025 · 2 h played
Difficulty & balance100% positive · 12 mentions
“So peak. God, do I love little indie horror games like this. So pure and perfect. It just does not get more satisfying than this. The first three pipes were actually pretty easy, but 4-onward felt like a huge difficulty spike. However…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2025 · 3 h played

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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Perspective

First-person

Technology

3D

Art style

Hand-drawnStylized

Mood & themes

HorrorAtmosphericDark

How you play together

Single-player

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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