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Bomb Chicken

Nitrome · 2019-04-16

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 01, 2020 (iOS), Apr 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 16, 2019 (Mac), Nov 01, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 01, 2020 (Android), Apr 30, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.

Bomb Chicken is a 2019 Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive sentiment from 89% of 352 reviews.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 352 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Bomb Chicken is a 2D puzzle-platform game developed and published by Nitrome. The game was first released in the Americas and Europe on July 12, 2018, for the Nintendo Switch game console through the Nintendo eShop download service, followed by versions for macOS and Microsoft Windows in April 2019 and one for PlayStation 4 in April 2019. Ports for Android and iOS were released in April 2020.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 352 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2020-01-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720192026Week of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742019-04-172026-07-092019-04-17 — best price $13.492019-06-26 — best price $8.992019-10-28 — best price $8.992019-11-26 — best price $8.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-03-12 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $4.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-11-10 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2722026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 8 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 27 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 16 pageviews2026-09-25 — 8 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
95.8%
earned "Graduate"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)46110%10
PS4 (PlayStation)9711%10
Switch (Nintendo)510%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualAdventurePlatformerPixel GraphicsPuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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