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Bulb Boy cover art

Bulb Boy

Bulbware · 2015-10-29

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 06, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 29, 2015 (Mac), Sep 08, 2016 (Android), Jul 21, 2016 (iOS), 2017 (PlayStation 4)

One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.

48
playing now
86%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
2.3h
to beat · rushed 1h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

48 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Bulb Boy is a 2D point-and-click horror adventure video game developed and published by Bulbware. It was released on PC in 2015, on Android and iOS in 2016. The Nintendo Switch version was released in North America on July 6, 2017, in the PAL region on July 13, 2017, and in Japan on July 20, 2017.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 20% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 56k–135k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,248 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.89-90%
GOG$0.89-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.62 at GamesPlanet UK (2020-04-12) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 47 of 72 observed days · $0.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

6422026-08-11 18:00 — 41 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 54 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 48 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 60 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 35 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 59 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 64 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 48 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-10-292026-08-302015-10-29 — best price $8.992016-03-07 — best price $9.992016-06-14 — best price $3.392016-08-25 — best price $4.992017-01-03 — best price $9.992017-07-03 — best price $4.492017-11-24 — best price $5.392018-04-06 — best price $8.992018-07-16 — best price $3.592018-09-21 — best price $2.152018-12-17 — best price $8.992019-03-23 — best price $7.692019-08-01 — best price $0.902019-11-01 — best price $8.992020-01-04 — best price $9.992020-03-08 — best price $0.992020-05-02 — best price $7.292020-07-14 — best price $8.992020-08-31 — best price $8.992020-10-07 — best price $7.902020-11-25 — best price $0.802021-01-04 — best price $8.992021-02-17 — best price $9.992021-04-08 — best price $0.992021-05-10 — best price $0.802021-06-18 — best price $0.832021-10-05 — best price $7.532021-12-27 — best price $0.802022-07-04 — best price $0.832022-11-07 — best price $8.992023-05-23 — best price $6.602024-04-01 — best price $2.512024-10-18 — best price $8.992025-04-03 — best price $8.992025-08-02 — best price $6.522025-10-06 — best price $8.992026-01-11 — best price $8.992026-08-25 — best price $0.892026-08-30 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1902026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-11 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 8 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 1 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
40.6%
earned "First Blood"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,79234%12
Xbox One (Xbox)1,34367%12
PS4 (PlayStation)17920%12
PS4 (PlayStation)6417%12
Switch (Nintendo)100%0
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteDarkGoreIndieShortHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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