The Button Effect
| App ID | 2299940 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Frycandle |
| Publisher | Frycandle |
| Supported Systems | Windows |
| Last Changenumber | 37558880 |
| Last Record Update | 27 July 2026 – 12:46:13 UTC ( |
| Release Date | Q1 2027 |
Every button has a purpose. In this short, minimalist first-person puzzler you explore a dense, interwoven architecture – a museum, full of hidden connections and spatial insights.
There is only partial information available about this app as SteamDB is missing the access token.
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This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: This game has not yet been released
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | prerelease | |||||||||||||||||||
| Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) | 8 (This game has not yet been released) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | Q1 2027 | |||||||||||||||||||
| osarch | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://bsky.app/profile/frycandle.bsky.social https://discord.gg/rbJVhptmUq https://www.reddit.com/r/TheButtonEffect/ https://space.bilibili.com/3706924954552673 |
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| Primary Genre | Indie (23) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Adventure (25), Indie (23) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Store Asset Modification Time | 27 July 2026 – 12:45:58 UTC ( |
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| osextended | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||
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| controllertagwizard | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 27 January 2023 – 11:28:30 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 13 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | |
| German | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | Yes | |
| Dutch | Yes | Yes | |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | |
| Korean | Yes | Yes | |
| Polish | Yes | Yes | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | |
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | Yes |
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| trailer_name | Release Window Trailer |
| trailer_category | 3 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
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| video/mp4 | 2299940/2075592897/a7e6de3865be33613719ebcf67deb826bf77cbf6/1785153834/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 2299940/2075592897/a7e6de3865be33613719ebcf67deb826bf77cbf6/1785153834/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 2299940/2075592897/a7e6de3865be33613719ebcf67deb826bf77cbf6/1785153834/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 2299940/2075592897/a7e6de3865be33613719ebcf67deb826bf77cbf6/1785153834/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
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| screenshot_full | 257343821/a3cc4274c2904f0ee930cf3c6b61d6b8624c3f4e/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 27 July 2026 – 12:46:09 UTC |
| trailer_name | Puzzle Reel |
| trailer_category | 1 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2299940/802094807/c79bee1f8b7fe1afcbd30967873f64892f15b80c/1780686983/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2299940/802094807/c79bee1f8b7fe1afcbd30967873f64892f15b80c/1780686983/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 2299940/802094807/c79bee1f8b7fe1afcbd30967873f64892f15b80c/1780686983/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 2299940/802094807/c79bee1f8b7fe1afcbd30967873f64892f15b80c/1780686983/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 2299940/802094807/c79bee1f8b7fe1afcbd30967873f64892f15b80c/1780686983/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
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| screenshot_full | 257071795/493da12b3c65aab00c85c9cdb11223089e0c7f60/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 5 June 2026 – 19:23:27 UTC |
| trailer_name | Announcement Trailer |
| trailer_category | 3 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2299940/681931688/ce21037a7a363db898c283234e295ce3ec31fb38/1780686143/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2299940/681931688/ce21037a7a363db898c283234e295ce3ec31fb38/1780686143/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 2299940/681931688/ce21037a7a363db898c283234e295ce3ec31fb38/1780686143/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 2299940/681931688/ce21037a7a363db898c283234e295ce3ec31fb38/1780686143/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 2299940/681931688/ce21037a7a363db898c283234e295ce3ec31fb38/1780686143/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
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| screenshot_full | 257070808/d2677e587c2276aab208c39829dc8b4a314373c3/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| timestamp | 5 June 2026 – 19:08:33 UTC |
