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THE BUTTON by Elendow

THE BUTTON by Elendow

Every time you press the button you get 1 point. Every time you press the button your odds to lose all your points increases by 1%. Good luck.

Released May 26, 2023 Developer Elendow Platforms Windows · Linux IncrementalPsychological HorrorPoint & Click2DFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

93.4%positive3,282 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“99 percent of gamblers quit before they hit big”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“! THE BUTTON by Elendow ! Simple and stressful enough. Have fun! :) ~ DIFFICULTY ~ ✅ My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal 🔲 Hard 🔲 Dark Souls 🔲 Understanding Dark Souls' story ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint 🔲 Bad 🔲 Meh ✅ Graphics don't matter in this game 🔲 Good…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“This game is amazing, it changed my life for the better. Would recommend to 100% it.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

350all-time peak
0 100 200 2024 2025 2026 99 avg · Mar 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

10achievements
86.1%median completion
65.1%rarest: It's your lucky day.
99.3% of players 99.2% of players 98.8% of players 96.1% of players 93.9% of players 86.1% of players 83.9% of players 78.0% of players 74.1% of players 65.1% of players 99.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
99.3%Just getting started. — Get 5 points.
99.2%Most people reach this. — Get 10 points.
98.8%Don't give up now. — Get 15 points.
Rarest badges of honor
65.1%It's your lucky day. — Get 30 points.
74.1%Keep trying. — Reset your score 50 times.
78.0%What's stopping you? — Press the button 500 times.

Latest official news

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

Jun 09, 2024
New game, new button

¡Hi everyone! For those who may not know, I'm making a new game, The Hookmarine, a rage game created to test your patience in which you have to move a toxic barrel using a submarine and a hook. To cel

Feb 14, 2024
I love you all

Enjoy this new and lovely DLC. Thanks for your support <3

Dec 19, 2023
Happy holidays!

Hi everyone, In this happy season, I bring you gifts. With this update I've added a new button color for free. I hope you like it. Thanks for playing my silly game, this year have been a roller coaste

Oct 31, 2023
Happy Halloween!

Hi everyone! I hope your button pressing is going well. Either way, it now can go better with the Spooky Button, a Halloween themed color and effect for your button. You can purchase it now and, as al

Jul 07, 2023
Small Bug Fix

Hi everyone, Some days ago a bug vas introduced where the max score sometimes was not updated. Being the solely purpose of the game, that was very important to fix. It should be working as intended wi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresSimulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsIncremental · Psychological Horror · Point & Click · 2D · Free to Play · Strategy · Hentai · Arcade · Simulation · Singleplayer · Management · Solitaire (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Catalan
ControllerFull support
Achievements10
Official sitehttps://button.elendow.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 128 MB RAM Storage: 128 MB available space