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Boomerang Fu cover art

Boomerang Fu

Cranky Watermelon · 2020-08-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 13, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 13, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 13, 2020 (Xbox One)

Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.

Boomerang Fu is a 2020 Action, Casual and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 3048 reviews) sentiment.

19
playing now
97%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (1,148 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Boomerang Fu is a fighting game developed and published by Cranky Watermelon. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One on August 13, 2020. The game released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on January 13, 2022. In the game, players control anthropomorphic food-based characters armed with boomerangs and various superpowers. Boomerang Fu received generally favorable reviews.

Trailer

Boomerang Fu trailer thumbnail

Boomerang Fu - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 194 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 61k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,048 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-07-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 14 observed days · $10.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920202026Week of 2020-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

94192026-09-15 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 40 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 66 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 20 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 56 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 84 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 37 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 34 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 50 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 59 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 70 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 60 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 54 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 94 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 28 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 40 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6810Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 32 · peak 70Oct 2020 — avg 10 · peak 32Dec 2020 — avg 16 · peak 54Feb 2021 — avg 50 · peak 173Apr 2021 — avg 33 · peak 84Jun 2021 — avg 32 · peak 74Aug 2021 — avg 31 · peak 71Oct 2021 — avg 22 · peak 58Dec 2021 — avg 30 · peak 95Feb 2022 — avg 34 · peak 77Apr 2022 — avg 27 · peak 75Jun 2022 — avg 27 · peak 64Aug 2022 — avg 27 · peak 54Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 54Dec 2022 — avg 32 · peak 104Feb 2023 — avg 32 · peak 84Apr 2023 — avg 31 · peak 70Jun 2023 — avg 29 · peak 71Aug 2023 — avg 30 · peak 68Oct 2023 — avg 36 · peak 94Dec 2023 — avg 40 · peak 126Feb 2024 — avg 43 · peak 87Apr 2024 — avg 34 · peak 82Jun 2024 — avg 56 · peak 138Aug 2024 — avg 60 · peak 128Oct 2024 — avg 39 · peak 108Dec 2024 — avg 51 · peak 135Feb 2025 — avg 57 · peak 127Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 109Jun 2025 — avg 47 · peak 111Aug 2025 — avg 53 · peak 102Oct 2025 — avg 44 · peak 107Dec 2025 — avg 57 · peak 163Feb 2026 — avg 67 · peak 154Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 125Jun 2026 — avg 49 · peak 118Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 124
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-08-132026-10-152020-08-13 — best price $13.492020-11-12 — best price $11.992020-11-25 — best price $11.242021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $9.742021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-08-30 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $8.992022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-02-11 — best price $7.492022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-06-05 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $9.892024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-06 — best price $14.992024-07-25 — best price $4.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $10.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-09-03 — best price $14.992026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

214282026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 54 pageviews2026-06-06 — 65 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 51 pageviews2026-06-18 — 29 pageviews2026-06-22 — 42 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-30 — 55 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-08 — 60 pageviews2026-07-12 — 47 pageviews2026-07-16 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 53 pageviews2026-07-24 — 40 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 37 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-17 — 51 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 31 pageviews2026-08-29 — 52 pageviews2026-09-02 — 50 pageviews2026-09-06 — 48 pageviews2026-09-10 — 41 pageviews2026-09-14 — 33 pageviews2026-09-18 — 31 pageviews2026-09-22 — 40 pageviews2026-09-26 — 49 pageviews2026-09-30 — 42 pageviews2026-10-04 — 57 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
57.1%
earned "Rambo"
49.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera Comfort2 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Korean, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-11-16, latest 2024-06-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,72011%13
Xbox One (Xbox)1,00014%13
Switch (Nintendo)8140%0
PS4 (PlayStation)59914%13
Switch (Nintendo)1680%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPCuteCo-opPartyPhysicsFightingTop-DownParty GameTeam-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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