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Bombslinger cover art

Bombslinger

Mode4 · Plug In Digital · 2018-04-11

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: Apr 11, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 11, 2018 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

A Bomberman-inspired Wild West action game with bombs! A solo hardcore reinvention of the iconic explosive action!

Bombslinger is a 2018 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (79% of 153 reviews).

79%
positive of 155 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–9.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 155 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GameBillet (2025-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 43 of 77 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.01$0.802016-07-192026-10-082016-07-19 — best price $9.592018-06-28 — best price $8.992018-11-22 — best price $7.792019-02-27 — best price $11.992019-08-12 — best price $10.642019-12-31 — best price $5.902020-02-07 — best price $11.402020-04-21 — best price $5.992020-07-14 — best price $11.992020-08-25 — best price $10.692020-10-06 — best price $11.992020-11-12 — best price $11.992020-12-23 — best price $4.792021-01-31 — best price $10.082021-03-18 — best price $11.992021-04-29 — best price $11.992021-06-05 — best price $10.082021-08-17 — best price $3.592021-12-30 — best price $11.992022-03-12 — best price $11.502022-07-19 — best price $10.542022-11-28 — best price $1.792023-02-15 — best price $10.742023-04-28 — best price $2.802023-06-25 — best price $11.992023-08-24 — best price $10.792023-11-14 — best price $2.402024-01-01 — best price $10.192024-03-12 — best price $9.492024-05-13 — best price $1.792024-07-31 — best price $11.992024-10-16 — best price $11.992025-01-07 — best price $1.202025-04-14 — best price $0.962025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-09-22 — best price $11.992025-12-02 — best price $11.992026-02-02 — best price $8.822026-06-25 — best price $0.952026-10-08 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
29.6%
earned "Bring a Bomb to a Goat Fight"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch

Player tags

IndieActionWesternAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-litePerma DeathSingleplayer4 Player Local

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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