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BORE BLASTERS

8BitSkull · 2024-03-08

Steam

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 08, 2024 (Mac), Mar 08, 2024 (Linux)

Blast through rocks with your machine gun drill. Collect rare gems, ores and ancient artefacts, upgrade your ship and unlock new abilities. Uncover the mysteries of the deep and the dangers that lurk below.

BORE BLASTERS is an Action, Adventure, Casual game released in 2024, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 765 reviews).

6
playing now
81%
positive of 765 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (298 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 765 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-02-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25325320242026Week of 2024-03-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1552Mar 2024Aug 2026Mar 2024 — avg 155 · peak 512Apr 2024 — avg 24 · peak 51May 2024 — avg 19 · peak 40Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 32Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 36 · peak 162Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$4.992024-03-082026-08-222024-03-08 — best price $8.992024-05-13 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-15 — best price $7.992024-09-02 — best price $7.492024-10-17 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.692024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-01 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-04-21 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-18 — best price $9.992025-09-28 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-04 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-02 — best price $9.992026-03-18 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $9.992026-06-07 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-08-22 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "Treasure"
33.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-03-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,20212%12

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

Player tags

LootDwarfActionArcadeCasualMiningFantasySteampunkRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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