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Bugsnax cover art

Bugsnax

Young Horses · 2022-04-28

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Nov 12, 2024 (SteamVR), Apr 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 12, 2020 (Mac)

Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!

115
playing now
97%
positive of 9.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (64 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

115 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Bugsnax is a 2020 adventure video game developed by independent Chicago-based developer Young Horses. In the game, players explore a mysterious island and attempt to find and capture the eponymous insectoid food creatures. The game was unveiled in June 2020 during Sony's PlayStation 5 live-streamed reveal event. British indie pop band Kero Kero Bonito performed the game's theme song, which was featured in the announcement trailer. The game was released in November 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, as well as macOS and Windows via the Epic Games Store. Versions of the game for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S released in April 2022, followed by a port for iOS in July 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 115 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,198 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~150/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 189k–425k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,437 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-60%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 15 of 29 observed days · $19.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62462420222026Week of 2022-04-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

125352026-08-06 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 61 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 74 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 97 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 97 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 72 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 74 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 62 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 71 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 43 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 54 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 60 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 58 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 59 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 125 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 90 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 85 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 120 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 115 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$5.992020-11-122026-08-272020-11-12 — best price $21.242021-05-20 — best price $18.742021-09-09 — best price $19.992021-12-16 — best price $17.492022-04-28 — best price $19.992022-05-13 — best price $24.992022-07-28 — best price $24.992022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-11-15 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-03-09 — best price $12.492023-04-20 — best price $24.992023-06-30 — best price $8.492023-08-22 — best price $12.492023-10-10 — best price $12.492023-12-13 — best price $12.492024-02-09 — best price $9.992024-03-28 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-07-02 — best price $9.992024-09-03 — best price $24.992024-11-12 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-03-03 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-12 — best price $24.992025-05-15 — best price $12.492025-06-12 — best price $24.992025-07-17 — best price $9.992025-09-02 — best price $8.242025-09-18 — best price $24.992025-11-18 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.242026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-05-20 — best price $24.992026-07-30 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7851002026-05-29 — 191 pageviews2026-06-01 — 141 pageviews2026-06-04 — 134 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-10 — 142 pageviews2026-06-13 — 119 pageviews2026-06-16 — 169 pageviews2026-06-19 — 140 pageviews2026-06-22 — 174 pageviews2026-06-25 — 126 pageviews2026-06-28 — 160 pageviews2026-07-01 — 123 pageviews2026-07-04 — 132 pageviews2026-07-07 — 118 pageviews2026-07-10 — 159 pageviews2026-07-13 — 169 pageviews2026-07-16 — 159 pageviews2026-07-19 — 160 pageviews2026-07-22 — 210 pageviews2026-07-25 — 147 pageviews2026-07-28 — 156 pageviews2026-07-31 — 278 pageviews2026-08-03 — 145 pageviews2026-08-06 — 148 pageviews2026-08-09 — 151 pageviews2026-08-12 — 151 pageviews2026-08-15 — 155 pageviews2026-08-18 — 161 pageviews2026-08-21 — 125 pageviews2026-08-24 — 185 pageviews2026-08-26 — 128 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1302026-08-27 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "Everybody Gets One"
30.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)38,75013%31
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)16,57610%30
PS4 (PlayStation)9,01023%31
Steam (Steam)5,30125%30
Switch (Nintendo)1320%0

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

Player tags

CuteActionCasualComedyLGBTQ+PuzzleCartoonyColorfulAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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