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Blaster Master Zero

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2019-06-14

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 09, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 29, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jun 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2017 (Nintendo 3DS), Jul 01, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.

2
playing now
93%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Blaster Master Zero is a 2017 action-adventure platform video game developed and published by Inti Creates for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch. The game is the second reboot of Sunsoft's Blaster Master for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and was released worldwide in March 2017. It was subsequently ported to Windows in June 2019, PlayStation 4 in June 2020 and Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in July 2021. As in the NES original, the game's plot centers around Jason Frudnick, a young man who descends into a subterranean world to rescue a frog creature named Fred. Players control Jason behind the wheel of a tank vehicle called SOPHIA, exploring large environments and defeating various mutant enemies. Jason can also exit the tank to explore various areas into which the tank cannot venture. In addition to redone graphics and sound, Blaster Master Zero also adds various tweaks and features not seen in the NES game. A sequel, Blaster Master Zero 2, was released in 2019 with a third game Blaster Master Zero 3 in 2021.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 33% of 10,954 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2020-09-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-12 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992019-06-142026-08-282019-06-14 — best price $8.992019-11-26 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $6.992020-06-25 — best price $6.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-03-04 — best price $4.992021-06-05 — best price $4.992021-06-25 — best price $4.992021-09-25 — best price $4.992021-11-06 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-02-24 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-10-27 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.992023-04-26 — best price $4.992023-09-15 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-31 — best price $4.992024-04-25 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-09-20 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-02 — best price $4.992025-04-25 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-18 — best price $4.992025-11-08 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-16 — best price $9.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104302026-05-30 — 47 pageviews2026-06-02 — 66 pageviews2026-06-05 — 39 pageviews2026-06-08 — 48 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 78 pageviews2026-06-17 — 50 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 48 pageviews2026-06-26 — 94 pageviews2026-06-29 — 44 pageviews2026-07-02 — 56 pageviews2026-07-05 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 50 pageviews2026-07-11 — 44 pageviews2026-07-14 — 64 pageviews2026-07-17 — 44 pageviews2026-07-20 — 57 pageviews2026-07-23 — 49 pageviews2026-07-26 — 57 pageviews2026-07-29 — 71 pageviews2026-08-01 — 52 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-07 — 46 pageviews2026-08-10 — 42 pageviews2026-08-13 — 40 pageviews2026-08-16 — 40 pageviews2026-08-19 — 41 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-27 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
74.8%
earned "THE FOREST DESTROYER"
37.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6907%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,38310%15
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)6824%15
Switch (Nintendo)2400%0

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

Player tags

2DAnimeRetroActionAdventurePlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerSide ScrollerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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