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Boomerang X cover art

Boomerang X

DANG! · Devolver Digital · 2021-07-08

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter. Slice, fly, and blast through swarms of evil creatures on an abandoned island with a cryptic past. Stay agile or meet your doom.

Boomerang X is a 2021 Action and Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 1377 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Whispers bubble from fresh cracks in the ground, echoing through the abandoned depths and primordial woods. A black flow cuts through stone and threatens to spill once more across the world. The ancient tetraform calls, and with it come unearthly powers. Catapult yourself through the air, use the power drawn from fallen creatures to slow time, and cut through the swarms of dark beings with a razor-edge boomerang. Travel through once bustling locales, sacrificed to hide a myth, and descend the Godpath into the lost realms below. Cleanse these halls and ensure that whatever lies beneath doesn’t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,869 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,377 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Gamesplanet$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.44 at GamesPlanet US (2024-04-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 115 of 147 observed days · $0.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17617620212026Week of 2021-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
191Jul 2021Apr 2026Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 77Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 26Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 34Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.49$3.732021-07-082026-10-152021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-21 — best price $11.992021-12-16 — best price $11.992022-02-09 — best price $16.792022-04-01 — best price $19.992022-05-11 — best price $9.992022-07-14 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-04-04 — best price $16.492023-05-17 — best price $19.992023-07-08 — best price $19.992023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-10-04 — best price $19.992023-12-19 — best price $7.992024-02-11 — best price $6.712024-03-20 — best price $7.992024-05-03 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $5.992024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-09-23 — best price $4.992024-11-13 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-22 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $16.792025-06-02 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-11-13 — best price $4.992026-01-22 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-14 — best price $4.202026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-08-15 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-19 — best price $4.992026-10-05 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Boomerang X"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8862%60
Switch (Nintendo)620%0

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

Player tags

3DFPSNinjaActionCombatParkourShooterColorfulStylizedDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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