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A Boy and His Blob cover art

A Boy and His Blob

Abstraction Games · Ziggurat · 2016-01-19

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 06, 2009 (Wii), Jan 19, 2016 (Linux), Jun 28, 2016 (PlayStation 3), Jan 19, 2016 (Mac), Jan 19, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.

A Boy and His Blob is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 568 reviews).

2
playing now
69%
positive of 568 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (1,124 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

A Boy and His Blob is a puzzle-platform game developed by WayForward and published by Majesco. It is a re-imagining of the 1989 video game, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, which was originally developed by Imagineering for the NES. The game was released for the Wii in North America on October 13 and in Europe on November 6, 2009. A high-definition port of the game developed by Abstraction Games was released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on January 20, 2016. A PlayStation 3 version was made available on June 28 of the same year as a cross-purchase with the PS4 and Vita versions. Mobile ports for iOS and Android were later released worldwide on November 17 and September 26, 2017, respectively. A Nintendo Switch version was released on November 4, 2021, by WayForward and Ziggurat Interactive.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2018-10-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 73 of 120 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 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 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
711Jan 2016May 2024Jan 2016 — avg 8 · peak 30Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2016 — avg 71 · peak 301Jul 2016 — avg 14 · peak 49Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2016 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2017 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 9May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 51

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — May 2024

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

Price history

$9.99$1.492016-01-192026-10-142016-01-19 — best price $8.492016-05-18 — best price $4.992016-10-14 — best price $4.992017-01-20 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $3.492018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-12-19 — best price $2.292020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $6.692021-11-19 — best price $6.692022-01-31 — best price $9.992022-08-01 — best price $9.992022-12-12 — best price $6.692023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $6.492023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $5.842024-06-04 — best price $9.992024-09-10 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $9.992025-07-02 — best price $2.942025-08-14 — best price $2.942025-09-25 — best price $3.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-12-19 — best price $3.492026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $3.492026-09-06 — best price $3.492026-09-21 — best price $3.492026-10-06 — best price $3.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

101412026-05-31 — 54 pageviews2026-06-04 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 59 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-16 — 69 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-24 — 64 pageviews2026-06-28 — 60 pageviews2026-07-02 — 88 pageviews2026-07-06 — 74 pageviews2026-07-10 — 52 pageviews2026-07-14 — 59 pageviews2026-07-18 — 78 pageviews2026-07-22 — 59 pageviews2026-07-26 — 76 pageviews2026-07-30 — 59 pageviews2026-08-03 — 68 pageviews2026-08-07 — 63 pageviews2026-08-11 — 58 pageviews2026-08-15 — 61 pageviews2026-08-19 — 59 pageviews2026-08-23 — 101 pageviews2026-08-27 — 55 pageviews2026-08-31 — 56 pageviews2026-09-04 — 61 pageviews2026-09-08 — 80 pageviews2026-09-12 — 71 pageviews2026-09-16 — 64 pageviews2026-09-20 — 66 pageviews2026-09-24 — 65 pageviews2026-09-28 — 66 pageviews2026-10-02 — 51 pageviews2026-10-06 — 50 pageviews2026-10-10 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
24.2%
earned "Show some love"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)2,51024%21
Steam (Steam)1,70716%21
Xbox One (Xbox)1,00319%21
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Player tags

2DCutePuzzleRemakeCartoonyAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerFamily FriendlyPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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