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Awesomenauts cover art

Awesomenauts

Ronimo Games · Atari · 2012-08-01

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

57
playing now
85%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$8.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 57 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 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,854 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.99-55%

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 11 of 21 observed days (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

82192026-08-06 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 68 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 63 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 74 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 55 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 53 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 55 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 35 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 69 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 46 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 53 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 53 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 53 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 50 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — 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 $19.992026-08-21 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42142026-05-29 — 33 pageviews2026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-04 — 21 pageviews2026-06-07 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 14 pageviews2026-06-13 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 32 pageviews2026-06-19 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 26 pageviews2026-06-25 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-01 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-10 — 25 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-06 — 36 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 31 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 36 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

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.

Player tags

2DMOBACo-opIndieActionSci-fiStrategyControllerPlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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