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99Vidas

QUByte Interactive · 2016-12-22

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 18, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 18, 2017 (PlayStation 3), Nov 03, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 03, 2022 (Android), Nov 03, 2022 (iOS)

"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.

99Vidas is an Action and Indie game released in 2016 for $12.99, with Mostly Positive (79% of 650 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
79%
positive of 650 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
3.98★
PlayStation Store rating (3,333 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

99Vidas is a retro-styled side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Brazilian studio QuByte Interactive. It was first released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2016, followed by PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita in 2017. A Nintendo Switch version was released in November 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 650 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.65 at Nuuvem (2021-10-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 37 of 55 observed days · $9.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
120Dec 2016Aug 2022Dec 2016 — avg 12 · peak 57Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 17Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2017 — avg 3 · peak 22Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 9Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 11Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 20Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.18$0.652016-12-232026-10-152016-12-23 — best price $10.782017-05-22 — best price $6.502017-07-22 — best price $6.032017-12-27 — best price $3.242018-06-15 — best price $3.242019-04-09 — best price $3.252020-01-30 — best price $11.022020-06-09 — best price $12.992020-07-19 — best price $12.992020-08-18 — best price $12.992020-09-18 — best price $12.992020-10-21 — best price $12.992020-11-19 — best price $11.582020-12-19 — best price $10.942021-01-27 — best price $12.992021-02-26 — best price $10.942021-03-28 — best price $10.942021-04-29 — best price $10.942021-05-29 — best price $10.942021-09-01 — best price $1.292021-11-01 — best price $12.992022-02-11 — best price $0.652022-07-09 — best price $12.992022-12-22 — best price $2.592023-04-26 — best price $12.992023-12-02 — best price $12.992024-04-18 — best price $12.992024-08-03 — best price $9.542024-11-20 — best price $12.992025-02-17 — best price $12.992025-06-17 — best price $6.492025-12-06 — best price $12.992026-04-24 — best price $12.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2842026-05-20 — 13 pageviews2026-05-24 — 10 pageviews2026-05-28 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 17 pageviews2026-06-05 — 4 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-11 — 25 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 14 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 9 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 7 pageviews2026-09-29 — 17 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 15 pageviews2026-10-13 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
74%
earned "5-second rule"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-01-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)15,1978%39
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)5,05813%39
Xbox One (Xbox)1,8812%39
Steam (Steam)1,5793%39

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionFightingDifficult2D FighterBeat 'em upLocal Co-Op4 Player Local

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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