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Blast-off cover art

Blast-off

Quad-Games · 2018-01-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.

Blast-off is an Action and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 421 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 421 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Blast Off is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released only in Japan in March 1989. It is the sequel to Bosconian which was released eight years prior. In 2006, it was released for Japanese mobile phones through Namco Bandai Games' mobile game service. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in September 2024.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 421 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.38 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.382017-03-022026-07-092017-03-02 — best price $7.992017-05-15 — best price $4.992017-07-31 — best price $3.742017-11-09 — best price $9.992018-03-20 — best price $9.992018-08-06 — best price $2.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-28 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-10-12 — best price $0.492020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-04-05 — best price $0.492021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-09-27 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-17 — best price $0.492022-03-07 — best price $0.492022-08-29 — best price $0.492022-11-29 — best price $2.992023-03-06 — best price $2.992023-04-17 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-11-13 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2502026-06-01 — 1 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 0 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 0 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-02 — 0 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-08 — 0 pageviews2026-07-11 — 0 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 0 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
6.9%
earned "Shooter"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Turkish, Czech, Swedish, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50514%16

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiPhysicsReal-TimeFuturisticBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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