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Make it indie!

Make it indie!

Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.

Released Apr 1, 2015 Developer Sometimes You Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux IndieAdventureSimulationInteractive Fiction
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

46.1%positive1,259 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“I didn't understand what was going on at all. But every time I pressed 0, It would skip the cutscene and give me an achievement for it. So it gets a positive from me.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A funny and self aware indie game about game development. Short simple and full of small jokes that make the experience entertaining.‍”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Make it indie! is a surreal, meta-themed interactive experience developed and published by Sometimes You. Rather than functioning as a traditional management simulator or narrative adventure with deep mechanics, it presents itself as a reflective vignette about the emotional…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:04 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
124-hour peak
2,695all-time peak
0 50 100 2016 2018 2020 2022 77 avg · May 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

9achievements
7.2%median completion
5.7%rarest: Good ending!
8.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 7.1% of players 6.9% of players 5.7% of players 8.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
8.2%Woody Allen — Eighty percent of success is showing up.
7.7%Socrates — An unexamined life is not worth living.
7.4%Eleanor Roosevelt — Do one thing every day that scares you.
Rarest badges of honor
5.7%Good ending! — You made it
6.9%Bad ending! — Maybe another time...
7.1%Henry Ford — Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US0.99 USD
EU1.09 EUR
UK0.95 GBP
Australia1.40 AUD
Canada1.19 CAD
Japan135 JPY
Brazil3.99 BRL
China6.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$0.8 Japan Canada China Australia US EU UK≈$1.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

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 03, 2017
Make It Indie! v2.0.5 released

On the day when everyone turns the calendar over... Suddenly! New update for Make It Indie! released ːtranscendentalmeowieː - Now with STEAM Leaderboards support! Here you could check Top Scores for M

Sep 03, 2017
Make It Indie! v2.0.5 released

On the day when everyone turns the calendar over... Suddenly! New update for Make It Indie! released :transcendentalmeowie: - Now with STEAM Leaderboards support! Here you could check Top Scores for M

Jan 11, 2016
MII! v2.0.4 released

- Small engine update: Now on Unity 5.2.4

Jan 11, 2016
MII! v2.0.4 released

- Small engine update: Now on Unity 5.2.4

Sep 21, 2015
MII! v2.0.3 released today

- Small engine update: Now on Unity 5.2

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsIndie · Adventure · Simulation · Interactive Fiction (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * *
Achievements9
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.sometimesyou.com/MII.html
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP Processor: 2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: 512MB Dedicated Memory DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1500 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible