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4 for the Money Demo cover art

4 for the Money Demo

Lost Marble · 2018-01-17

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

4 for the Money is a fast-paced, side-scrolling action/platformer featuring gameplay and graphics resembling the greats of the NES era. Except you don't need a Four Score to play 4-player! Sit down alone or with a pack of friends and jump in for the action!

4 for the Money Demo is an Action, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 77 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 77 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50Jan 2018Nov 2019Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 22Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 2Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 11Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Nov 2019

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.