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BIT.TRIP CORE cover art

BIT.TRIP CORE

Gaijin Games · 2012-10-02

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 25, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 06, 2009 (Wii), Sep 13, 2011 (Nintendo 3DS), Sep 02, 2012 (Mac), Sep 02, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Takes the player into unfamiliar territory as they use NES-style controls to blast their way through the barrage of Beats in this rhythm-music adventure.

BIT.TRIP CORE is an Action and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 154 reviews).

0
playing now
58%
positive of 154 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Bit.Trip Core, marketed as BIT.TRIP CORE, is a 2009 arcade-style rhythm game developed by Gaijin Games and published by Aksys Games for the Wii's WiiWare download service. It is the second game in the Bit.Trip series, directly succeeding Bit.Trip Beat and preceding Bit.Trip Void, Bit.Trip Runner, Bit.Trip Fate and Bit.Trip Flux.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 61 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920122026Week of 2012-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2012-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-08-28 — best price $5.492015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-05-20 — best price $9.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $4.992018-12-13 — best price $0.992019-05-30 — best price $3.392019-09-09 — best price $9.992020-01-13 — best price $4.992020-03-17 — best price $1.492020-06-27 — best price $9.992020-11-21 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-13 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992023-03-07 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-11 — best price $4.992024-11-13 — best price $6.992025-01-24 — best price $6.992025-08-14 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $6.992026-10-10 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 9 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 9 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
46.6%
earned "OLD.SCHOOL.SKILLS"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-10-02 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieMusicActionRhythm

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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