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Filament

Filament

Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

Released Apr 23, 2020 Developer Beard Envy Publisher Kasedo Games, Maple Whispering Limited Platforms Windows · Linux PuzzleDifficultIndieSci-fiStory Rich
View on Steam ↗ $16.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

84.9%positive761 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great puzzle game- very challenging, but fun. Nice narrative too”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Recommended for masochist puzzle lovers. Part Witness, part Braid, part Mastermind. Really ramps up the difficulty in the final areas. 7/10. Fun but does get a little tedious.”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“My visuals were super glitchy and almost sending my into a epileptic seizure. I don’t know what that’s about!”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

278all-time peak
0 100 200 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 106 avg · Apr 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

29achievements
12.0%median completion
4.3%rarest: Corrupted +
97.5% of players 36.9% of players 29.2% of players 24.8% of players 24.6% of players 23.5% of players 16.7% of players 16.5% of players 13.4% of players 13.2% of players 13.0% of players 12.6% of players 12.3% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 11.8% of players 11.7% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 11.2% of players 9.8% of players 8.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.2% of players 5.3% of players 4.3% of players 97.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
97.5%Boarded! — Successfully board The Alabaster.
36.9%Snooper. — Read through a crew member's messages.
29.2%You have to start somewhere, right? — Complete all of the basic puzzles.
Rarest badges of honor
4.3%Corrupted + — Access all corrupted logs.
5.3%Snooper + — Read through all of the crew member's messages.
6.2%No Anchor too great. — Solve every puzzle in the game.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$16.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$3.39lowest since tracking began2026-09-07
US16.99 USD
EU16.49 EUR
UK14.29 GBP
Australia24.95 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan1,900 JPY
Brazil52.49 BRL
China66.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$9.8 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$19

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 20, 2022
Announcing Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop!

People, a moment of your time, please! Let me tell you all about Uncle Chop’s Rocket Shop, the latest game in the works by Beard Envy, the very same development team who made… you guessed it, Filament

Feb 11, 2021
Grab our highest discount yet in Steam's Lunar Sale!

Happy Lunar New Year to all our Chinese Operatives! To celebrate, both our Deluxe Edition, our soundtrack and our base game are up to 45% off for the very first time! So put on your spacesuits this Lu

Dec 22, 2020
Let it glow with up to 42% off Filament!

Let it Glow, Let it Glow, Let it Glow! Happy Holidays, Operatives! We're de-lighted to be a part of our very first brr-illiant Steam Winter Sale! To celebrate, the base game, the soundtrack and the 'M

Dec 21, 2020
We're Runner-Ups in Hardcore Gamer's 2020 Awards!

Can we get a watt watt! Filament is a Runner-Up in the Puzzle Category at this year's Hardcore Gamer Awards 2020! This has been one astronomical year for Filament. First our game released on PC, Mac a

Nov 26, 2020
VOTE FOR FILAMENT IN THE STEAM AWARDS!

Fire up your Alabaster engines, Operatives! We have a proposition for you. This year, we are proud to announce we are putting ourselves forward for The Best Game You Suck At Game Award! If we win, we

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsPuzzle · Difficult · Indie · Sci-fi · Story Rich · Strategy · Space · Beautiful · Great Soundtrack · Top-Down · Minimalist · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Quad Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6870, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 or better Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64bit Processor and Operating System