The Game Census
Biolab Wars cover art

Biolab Wars

2ndBoss · 2019-08-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 23, 2019 (Linux), Oct 28, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 23, 2019 (Mac), Aug 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Inspired by the 8-bit games and by the movies from the 80's, your goal is to blow things up, defeat aliens and fight bizarre bosses in this platformer 2D with classic mechanics.

87%
positive of 134 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (348 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

An alien lab experimenting on Earth? It's time to call the mercenary team on duty to sweep the invaders by firing, beating and bombing. Inspired by the 8-bit games and by the movies from the 80's, your goal is to blow things up, defeat aliens and fight bizarre bosses in this platformer 2D with classic mechanics.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 17,527 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 134 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2019-10-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920192026Week of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.742019-08-232026-08-152019-08-23 — best price $0.992019-11-16 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-03-30 — best price $1.992020-10-29 — best price $1.192020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $1.192021-06-01 — best price $1.992021-09-07 — best price $1.192021-11-22 — best price $1.992022-02-14 — best price $1.002022-03-08 — best price $1.192022-05-03 — best price $1.192022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-08-15 — best price $1.192022-10-03 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $1.192023-02-22 — best price $1.992023-04-20 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $2.992023-09-25 — best price $4.992024-01-17 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-27 — best price $4.992026-04-20 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-08-01 — best price $2.992026-08-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
96.7%
earned "First Blood"
28.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDogWarRetro1990'sActionArcadeLinearSci-fiAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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