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Boson X cover art

Boson X

Ian MacLarty · Shape Shop · 2014-09-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 26, 2013 (Linux), Sep 15, 2014 (Mac), Sep 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 25, 2013 (Android), Sep 26, 2013 (iOS)

Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Boson X is an Action, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $2.49, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 1583 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,586 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2015-09-07) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
762Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 13 · peak 58Jan 2015 — avg 14 · peak 47May 2015 — avg 9 · peak 26Sep 2015 — avg 76 · peak 546Jan 2016 — avg 13 · peak 35May 2016 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2017 — avg 8 · peak 18May 2017 — avg 7 · peak 15Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $0.002015-06-11 — best price $1.492015-11-02 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $2.992016-11-14 — best price $2.992017-07-05 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992019-01-03 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $2.992020-04-01 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-10-07 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-10-06 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-08-14 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492024-01-22 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-09-09 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-05-22 — best price $2.492025-07-24 — best price $1.992025-11-20 — best price $1.992026-01-19 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-05-30 — best price $2.492026-07-13 — best price $0.992026-08-26 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
65.6%
earned "Discover Geon"
19.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,27116%18

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

Player tags

ActionArcadeRunnerSci-fiParkourScienceDifficultFast-PacedMinimalistPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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