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Understand

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App ID 1299400
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Artless Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Love2D Engine
Last Changenumber 31840217
Last Record Update 22 October 2025 – 15:19:17 UTC ()
Release Date 31 October 2020 – 01:19:19 UTC ()
😎 85.19%
764 reviews
6
In-Game
🤯 Abstract ☯ Minimalist 🧩 Logic 🧩 Puzzle ⚗️ Experimental

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 64
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)
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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
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    requires_h2640
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    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 20 April 2020 – 12:02:12 UTC (), in changelist #8232035

Supported Languages

29 Languages Interface Full Audio 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

Tags

🤯 Abstract ☯ Minimalist 🧩 Logic 🧩 Puzzle ⚗️ Experimental 🖱️ Mouse only 🏽 2D 👤 Singleplayer 🌱 Indie 😌 Casual 🏫 Education 😓 Difficult

Categories

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timestamp 9 July 2021 – 12:38:51 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 6 players right now
  • 14 24-hour peak
  • 113 all-time peak 17 July 2021
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  • 22 24-hour peak
  • 4,207 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 85.19% SteamDB Rating
  • 693 90.7% positive reviews
  • 71 9.3% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Understand right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 6 players live playing Understand on Steam.

Understand had an all-time peak of 113 concurrent players on 17 July 2021.

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