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Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation cover art

Angry Video Game Nerd II: ASSimilation

FreakZone Games · Retroware · 2016-03-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 29, 2016 (Mac), Mar 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2016 (Linux)

When a mysterious beam from space transforms the world into a game, the Angry Video Game Nerd must return to put the "ASS" in ASSimilation. Utilize new mechanics, power-ups, abilities, and collectible armor pieces to defeat your most powerful foe yet, and save the world!

0
playing now
89%
positive of 793 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 38% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 793 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-05-30) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 21 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002016-03-082026-08-102016-03-08 — best price $13.492016-09-22 — best price $14.992017-01-12 — best price $7.492017-09-01 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $4.992020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-05-21 — best price $14.992020-06-10 — best price $8.992020-07-18 — best price $8.992020-08-05 — best price $8.992020-08-25 — best price $8.992020-09-22 — best price $8.992020-10-11 — best price $8.992020-10-30 — best price $8.992020-11-21 — best price $8.992020-12-17 — best price $8.992021-01-07 — best price $8.992021-01-30 — best price $8.992021-02-23 — best price $8.992021-03-23 — best price $8.992021-04-14 — best price $8.992021-05-09 — best price $8.992021-06-08 — best price $1.002021-09-03 — best price $8.492021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-02-01 — best price $7.992022-12-09 — best price $8.992023-05-23 — best price $8.992024-02-12 — best price $3.992024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-09-23 — best price $4.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,7833%19

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

Player tags

2DGoreFunnyIndieMemesRetroActionComedyViolentAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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