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Blaster Master Zero 3

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2021-07-29

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jul 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 29, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 29, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

The Pinnacle of Mutant Blasting Action Is Here! — Blaster Master Zero 3's hybrid of sidescrolling and top-down action is back for its 3rd chapter, and more intense than ever before!

Blaster Master Zero 3 is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $14.99, with Very Positive reviews (88% of 492 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

2
playing now
88%
positive of 492 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (162 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Blaster Master Zero 3 is a 2021 platformer developed by Inti Creates. It is the third and final game in the Blaster Master Zero series. The game was released on 29 July 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (109 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 492 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2022-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620212026Week of 2021-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
271Aug 2021Mar 2026Aug 2021 — avg 27 · peak 127Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.492021-07-072026-10-092021-07-07 — best price $14.992021-09-02 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $11.242021-11-12 — best price $14.992022-01-07 — best price $10.492022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-02 — best price $10.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $8.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-20 — best price $7.492023-08-16 — best price $14.992023-10-26 — best price $7.492023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-31 — best price $7.492024-03-26 — best price $14.992024-06-13 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-20 — best price $7.492024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-11 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-02 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-07 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $7.492025-10-29 — best price $7.492025-12-17 — best price $14.992026-01-17 — best price $7.492026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-04-27 — best price $7.492026-06-23 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $7.492026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2032026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 12 pageviews2026-09-03 — 11 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 6 pageviews2026-09-15 — 16 pageviews2026-09-19 — 10 pageviews2026-09-23 — 10 pageviews2026-09-27 — 13 pageviews2026-10-01 — 6 pageviews2026-10-05 — 20 pageviews2026-10-09 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "Planet Sophia Warp"
45.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)40220%19
PS4 (PlayStation)36848%19
Xbox One (Xbox)13027%19
Switch (Nintendo)590%0

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

Player tags

2D1980sAnimeIndieRetroSpaceActionAdventureFuturisticPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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