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AstroPop Deluxe cover art

AstroPop Deluxe

PopCap Games, Inc. · Electronic Arts · 2006-08-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 30, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2006 (Xbox), 2006 (Xbox 360)

In a world where most puzzle games are the same, head into outer space to find something new and exciting! Before the descending bricks crush your dreams (and your space ship), use your powerful magnet to move and match same-colored bricks.

AstroPop Deluxe is a Casual game released in 2006 for $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 144 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

AstroPop is a 2004 puzzle video game developed and published by PopCap Games. The Adobe Flash version can be played online for free at several different websites, or a deluxe version can be downloaded and unlocked for a fee. The game was available for Xbox and Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade. AstroPop was ported over to the PlayStation 2 in 2007 alongside another PopCap game, Bejeweled 2 which was released as a two-game compilation pack as PopCap Hits! Volume 1. The game has also been ported to cell phones.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420112026Week of 2011-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2012 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2013 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2015 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012021-01-052015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-06-23 — best price $1.242016-11-23 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-06-22 — best price $1.242017-10-26 — best price $2.492017-11-22 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-02-15 — best price $1.242018-06-21 — best price $1.242018-11-21 — best price $1.242018-12-20 — best price $1.242019-02-04 — best price $1.242019-06-26 — best price $1.242019-11-26 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-06-04 — best price $2.492020-11-25 — best price $2.492020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

36102026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 16 pageviews2026-06-10 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-24 — 15 pageviews2026-07-28 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 35 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 21 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 29 pageviews2026-09-14 — 20 pageviews2026-09-18 — 18 pageviews2026-09-22 — 18 pageviews2026-09-26 — 17 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 33 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualPuzzleSingleplayer

Census log

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