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Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat cover art

Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

Spasman Games · 2015-02-20

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Apr 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2014 (Linux)

Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

1
playing now
88%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (147 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-06 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "Gettin' Educated"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing9 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,5080%60

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

Player tags

2DPvPFunnyIndieActionShooterViolentModdableSurvivalCompetitive

Census log

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

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