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Awesomenauts

Ronimo Games · Atari · 2012-08-01

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

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

Releases: May 02, 2012 (PlayStation 3), May 29, 2013 (Linux), Aug 01, 2012 (Mac), May 02, 2012 (Xbox 360), Aug 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

Awesomenauts is a 2012 Action, Indie, and Strategy game priced at $8.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (85% of 26851 reviews).

19
playing now
85%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

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

Awesomenauts is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed by Dutch company Ronimo Games. The game was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in May 2012, and Windows in August 2012. It was ported to OS X and Linux. Another version of the game, Awesomenauts Assemble!, incorporating all the changes and additions available on Windows, OS X and Linux, was released for the PlayStation 4 in March 2014 and for the Xbox One in September 2016.

Trailer

Awesomenauts trailer thumbnail

Awesomenauts - Release Trailer

≈28,823 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,851 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.99-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 12 of 20 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

80172026-09-15 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 69 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 42 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 68 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 51 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 40 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 52 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 39 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 43 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 30 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 80 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 36 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 52 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 79 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 62 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.4k23Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 756 · peak 1,971Jan 2013 — avg 1,138 · peak 3,992Jun 2013 — avg 1,575 · peak 3,800Nov 2013 — avg 794 · peak 1,512Apr 2014 — avg 761 · peak 1,689Sep 2014 — avg 908 · peak 2,097Feb 2015 — avg 846 · peak 1,584Jul 2015 — avg 856 · peak 2,078Dec 2015 — avg 695 · peak 1,313May 2016 — avg 483 · peak 974Oct 2016 — avg 332 · peak 640Mar 2017 — avg 478 · peak 1,094Aug 2017 — avg 720 · peak 1,229Jan 2018 — avg 416 · peak 797Jun 2018 — avg 363 · peak 638Nov 2018 — avg 258 · peak 506Apr 2019 — avg 214 · peak 440Sep 2019 — avg 184 · peak 379Feb 2020 — avg 185 · peak 357Jul 2020 — avg 218 · peak 390Dec 2020 — avg 195 · peak 370May 2021 — avg 179 · peak 345Oct 2021 — avg 151 · peak 290Mar 2022 — avg 145 · peak 299Aug 2022 — avg 139 · peak 254Jan 2023 — avg 117 · peak 220Jun 2023 — avg 108 · peak 199Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 54Apr 2024 — avg 30 · peak 73Sep 2024 — avg 33 · peak 72Feb 2025 — avg 97 · peak 220Jul 2025 — avg 76 · peak 168Dec 2025 — avg 82 · peak 166May 2026 — avg 50 · peak 116Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 97
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-01-12 — best price $2.502015-05-11 — best price $0.992015-05-22 — best price $9.992015-06-20 — best price $2.492015-07-20 — best price $9.992015-08-28 — best price $4.992015-10-19 — best price $4.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-03-14 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-07-08 — best price $9.992016-07-13 — best price $19.982016-07-26 — best price $9.992016-08-05 — best price $8.992016-09-28 — best price $9.992016-11-01 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-03 — best price $1.992017-01-26 — best price $9.992017-04-26 — best price $24.992025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-09-28 — best price $19.992025-10-31 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-20 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $6.992026-10-12 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42142026-05-29 — 33 pageviews2026-06-02 — 28 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-14 — 27 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 26 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 25 pageviews2026-07-04 — 31 pageviews2026-07-08 — 23 pageviews2026-07-12 — 36 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-25 — 31 pageviews2026-08-29 — 39 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 30 pageviews2026-09-10 — 26 pageviews2026-09-14 — 26 pageviews2026-09-18 — 36 pageviews2026-09-22 — 24 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 28 pageviews2026-10-04 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
61.3%
earned "Thunder, thunder, thunder! 1"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller support79 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 79 DLC released, first 2012-08-01, latest 2018-07-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)60,1591%46
PS3 (PlayStation)8,73715%12
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,14012%12

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DMOBACo-opIndieActionSci-fiStrategyControllerPlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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