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Bugsnax

Young Horses · 2022-04-28

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ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

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!

Bugsnax is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 9509 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

51
playing now
97%
positive of 9.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (64 ratings)
98
Nexus mods (81k downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (7,657 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 20h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Bugsnax trailer thumbnail

Bugsnax - Announcement Trailer | PS5

≈194,022 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 51 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 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 190k–428k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,509 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 11 of 27 observed days (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

132192026-09-15 12:00 — 44 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 75 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 102 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 29 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 84 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 67 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 67 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 115 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 69 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 67 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 46 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 86 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 132 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 72 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
26046May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 260 · peak 942Jul 2022 — avg 149 · peak 359Sep 2022 — avg 62 · peak 151Nov 2022 — avg 128 · peak 387Jan 2023 — avg 93 · peak 262Mar 2023 — avg 64 · peak 155May 2023 — avg 70 · peak 144Jul 2023 — avg 106 · peak 210Sep 2023 — avg 46 · peak 96Nov 2023 — avg 59 · peak 161Jan 2024 — avg 92 · peak 230Mar 2024 — avg 66 · peak 182May 2024 — avg 189 · peak 1,088Jul 2024 — avg 125 · peak 251Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 109Nov 2024 — avg 82 · peak 195Jan 2025 — avg 97 · peak 257Mar 2025 — avg 86 · peak 196May 2025 — avg 109 · peak 331Jul 2025 — avg 102 · peak 200Sep 2025 — avg 69 · peak 199Nov 2025 — avg 73 · peak 176Jan 2026 — avg 109 · peak 230Mar 2026 — avg 86 · peak 240May 2026 — avg 91 · peak 197Jul 2026 — avg 84 · peak 160Aug 2026 — avg 75 · peak 173
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$5.992020-11-122026-10-082020-11-12 — 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 $24.992026-09-24 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

476962026-05-29 — 191 pageviews2026-06-02 — 159 pageviews2026-06-06 — 168 pageviews2026-06-10 — 142 pageviews2026-06-14 — 127 pageviews2026-06-18 — 134 pageviews2026-06-22 — 174 pageviews2026-06-26 — 132 pageviews2026-06-30 — 128 pageviews2026-07-04 — 132 pageviews2026-07-08 — 130 pageviews2026-07-12 — 476 pageviews2026-07-16 — 159 pageviews2026-07-20 — 132 pageviews2026-07-24 — 169 pageviews2026-07-28 — 156 pageviews2026-08-01 — 189 pageviews2026-08-05 — 138 pageviews2026-08-09 — 151 pageviews2026-08-13 — 112 pageviews2026-08-17 — 195 pageviews2026-08-21 — 125 pageviews2026-08-25 — 156 pageviews2026-08-29 — 114 pageviews2026-09-02 — 112 pageviews2026-09-06 — 127 pageviews2026-09-10 — 140 pageviews2026-09-14 — 133 pageviews2026-09-18 — 106 pageviews2026-09-22 — 118 pageviews2026-09-26 — 116 pageviews2026-09-30 — 123 pageviews2026-10-04 — 139 pageviews2026-10-07 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-04-28 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteActionCasualComedyLGBTQ+PuzzleCartoonyColorfulAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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