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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.

76
playing now
97%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

76 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 76 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 21% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 61k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,036 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 4 of 9 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

96362026-08-11 18:00 — 53 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 36 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 62 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 69 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 49 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 86 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 81 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 54 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 47 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 60 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 64 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 62 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 61 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 76 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 88 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 76 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 51 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 43 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 53 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 43 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 76 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 60 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 96 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 76 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-08-132026-08-272020-08-13 — 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 $7.492026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80272026-05-29 — 41 pageviews2026-06-01 — 41 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 80 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 47 pageviews2026-06-19 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 42 pageviews2026-06-25 — 53 pageviews2026-06-28 — 72 pageviews2026-07-01 — 46 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 45 pageviews2026-07-10 — 37 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-16 — 55 pageviews2026-07-19 — 56 pageviews2026-07-22 — 69 pageviews2026-07-25 — 50 pageviews2026-07-28 — 34 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-03 — 51 pageviews2026-08-06 — 64 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-12 — 33 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 31 pageviews2026-08-26 — 39 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…

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.

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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