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App ID	1299400
App Type	Game
Developer	Artless Games
Publisher	Artless Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Love2D Engine
Last Changenumber	29847484
Last Record Update	1 July 2025 – 17:56:19 UTC ()
Release Date	31 October 2020 – 01:19:19 UTC ()

😎 85.37%

742 reviews

In-Game

Understand is an experimental puzzle game about guessing rules. In each level, you have to figure out the rules through trial and error, then draw a line satisfying all rules.

Additional Information

Developer

Artless Games

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Artless Games

Store Release Date

31 October 2020 – 01:19:29 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.com/invite/UfZuFfeXum
https://space.bilibili.com/1237125233
https://x.com/artless_games

Primary Genre

Indie (23)

Store Genres

Casual (4), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

31 October 2020 – 01:19:19 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

9 July 2021 – 12:38:40 UTC () (1625834320)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	63.44102310999516
height_pct	100

osextended

macos64

name_localized

schinese	Understand 顿悟
tchinese	Understand 頓悟

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Love2D Engine, Lua SDK, OpenAL SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
category: Verified
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 14 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 7803420

configuration:

supported_input	other
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-7.0-3
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

20 April 2020 – 12:02:12 UTC (), in changelist #8232035

Supported Languages

29 Languages	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Danish	Yes	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes
Bulgarian	Yes	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	Yes
Turkish	Yes	Yes
Greek	Yes	Yes
Norwegian	Yes	Yes
Czech	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes
Thai	Yes	Yes
Swedish	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes
Romanian	Yes	Yes
Finnish	Yes	Yes
Dutch	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	Yes
Vietnamese	Yes	Yes
Arabic	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

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small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
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image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	63.44102310999516
logo_position/height_pct	100
image2x/english	logo_2x.png

Assets

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small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
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library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	69df9e51aad549c488862eeaa4ff446fa551c472.jpg
page_background_path	app/1299400
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	10 October 2024 – 11:42:13 UTC

Trailers

256842257 ↴
trailer_name	Fun
trailer_category	0
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microtrailer/video/webm	1299400/383408/c75ffc5808f91bd52e8c81702fe708dc35164a21/1751217672/microtrailer.webm
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trailer_base_id	383408
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1625834331
256842095 ↴
trailer_name	simple
trailer_category	0
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trailer_base_id	383151
all_ages	true
timestamp	1625834338

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1299401	Windows Understand Content	18.47 MiB	13.24 MiB
1299402	macOS 64-bitUnderstand Mac Depot	36.76 MiB	24.19 MiB

Total size on disk is 55.22 MiB and total download size is 37.43 MiB.

Total size on disk is 18.47 MiB and total download size is 13.24 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		7803420	30 November 2021 – 18:26:56 UTC

Other

Name	Value
baselanguages	English
privatebranches	1

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