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AFTERGRINDER cover art

AFTERGRINDER

Grave Danger Games · 2017-07-18

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Aftergrinder is a fast-paced 2D runner precision platformer. Skate your way through an unforgiving, difficult arcade side scroller. Pick a character, pick a level, and get ready to die. A lot. Test your skills over 90 adrenaline-inducing levels.

AFTERGRINDER is an Action and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $2.99, with Mostly Positive reviews (76% of 100 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 100 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 100 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.48 at GreenManGaming (2022-07-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 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 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 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 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.482017-07-182025-01-022017-07-18 — best price $7.492017-09-07 — best price $0.992017-11-16 — best price $0.992018-01-25 — best price $4.992018-03-05 — best price $0.992018-04-18 — best price $4.992018-05-24 — best price $1.002018-08-13 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-04-15 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-09-30 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-08 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $4.992021-01-04 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-06-14 — best price $4.992021-09-20 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-05-02 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $2.992022-08-29 — best price $2.992022-11-04 — best price $4.992022-12-15 — best price $0.982023-03-09 — best price $0.982023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-09-18 — best price $2.992024-05-06 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
20%
earned "WELCOME TO AFTERGRINDER"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Player tags

2DArcadeRunnerParkourDifficultControllerPlatformerUnforgivingScore AttackSingleplayer

Census log

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

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