# BRAINPIPE: A Plunge to Unhumanity

Summer DB entity ID: 0313747b\-e0d3\-4f04\-af16\-cb52eeeda55f

Steam App ID: 35800

A game of lysergic excellence\.  \- Jim Rossignol, Rock, Paper, Shotgun   Like traveling through the Matrix on acid\.  \- Joseph Vanburen,    Like having sex with Yog Sothoth  \- the99th, Play This Thing\!  Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity is an easy\-to\-pick\-up first person game of real\-time spatial navigation and quick reflexes\. Supported by hypnotic graphics, ear tickling sound effects and immersive dreamscape music, the game's free floating, forward moving intensity gradually increases from serene to frenetic as you play\. Effortless to learn, Brainpipe's simple and intuitive interface will have you playing in seconds\. Immersive and dreamlike, Brainpipe will always beckon you back for more\.  			  10 twisty tube levels 			  Ramping speed and intensity 			  8 dangerously tempting obstacles to avoid 			  Ten levels of ramping perplexity and oddness\. 			  Mind glyphs to collect and score 			  Hypnotic sound and music featuring EelMix 			  Creepy eyeball buttons\! 			  Fullscreen or windowed modes 			  Mouse, joystick and gamepad support 			    Digital Eel makes deep games about weird stuff, going so far as to name one of their better games Weird Worlds\. Then they went ahead and outdid themselves\.  \- the99th, Play This Thing\!   Completely and utterly original and unbelievably addictive\.  \- Tom Lord, TheSixthAxis   The subtle doppler effect on the constant and schizophrenic audio visual assault positions you squarely inside the game in ways that most struggle at\.  \- Brandon Boyer, Offworld  Brainpipe: A Plunge to Unhumanity was the 2009 Independent Games Festival  Excellence in Audio  award winner\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Digital Eel

- Publisher: Digital Eel

- Release date: Jul 6, 2009

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_bde34b6c1ef5115641ef4f9e5467ae386760a856\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_ae9e29b699a0820baf63f1ffe73f749c75c760b8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_ef513150dfe3e9305a189ad96e6aea0374d195ab\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_e062d2a82ebe75d468bb7d92ac33dea44461411d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_9d506c0284586a7a311cb48e0382b291b9545de2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_793a831f11822b7c3a97e4731c87aaff684513bd\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/35800/ss\_364f878f4385a778826c26282ba0fc9e127cd553\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1504032987

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 2

- Steam review count: 208

- Steam positive reviews: 181

- Steam negative reviews: 27

- Steam positive percentage: 87.01923076923077%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/0313747b-e0d3-4f04-af16-cb52eeeda55f/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/0313747b-e0d3-4f04-af16-cb52eeeda55f/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-28T18:37:20\.071787\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-28T18:37:21\.37872\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-28T18:37:21\.18736\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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