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Bully: Scholarship Edition cover art

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Rockstar New England · Rockstar Games · 2008-10-21

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 21, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 03, 2008 (Wii), Feb 04, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an Action and Adventure game released in 2008, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 42092 reviews).

284
playing now
84%
positive of 42k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (224 ratings)
360
Nexus mods (1.0M downloads)
39h
to beat · completionist 31h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

284 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Bully is a 2006 action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar Vancouver and published by Rockstar Games. Set in the fictional New England town of Bullworth, the game follows juvenile delinquent student Jimmy Hopkins, who is involuntarily enrolled at Bullworth Academy, the town's prestigious boarding school. Over the course of a school year, Jimmy attempts to rise through the ranks of the school system to end bullying, while clashing with fellow students and authority figures.

Trailer

Bully: Scholarship Edition trailer thumbnail

Bully: Scholarship Edition Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 284 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,566 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~446/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 42,474 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.18 at GamesPlanet DE (2015-07-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 17 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62662620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 490 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7031382026-09-15 11:00 — 271 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 437 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 355 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 335 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 703 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 413 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 195 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 350 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 362 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 230 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 333 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 336 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 138 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 286 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 429 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 188 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 263 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 378 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 223 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 265 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 512 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 281 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 167 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 284 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
44332Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 43 · peak 80Dec 2012 — avg 60 · peak 184May 2013 — avg 82 · peak 326Oct 2013 — avg 51 · peak 109Mar 2014 — avg 160 · peak 879Aug 2014 — avg 181 · peak 1,129Jan 2015 — avg 213 · peak 643Jun 2015 — avg 222 · peak 914Nov 2015 — avg 76 · peak 249Apr 2016 — avg 157 · peak 604Sep 2016 — avg 146 · peak 659Feb 2017 — avg 85 · peak 176Jul 2017 — avg 114 · peak 280Dec 2017 — avg 114 · peak 300May 2018 — avg 74 · peak 132Oct 2018 — avg 84 · peak 176Mar 2019 — avg 80 · peak 158Aug 2019 — avg 85 · peak 161Jan 2020 — avg 125 · peak 378Jun 2020 — avg 111 · peak 291Nov 2020 — avg 111 · peak 328Apr 2021 — avg 170 · peak 492Sep 2021 — avg 117 · peak 214Feb 2022 — avg 323 · peak 611Jul 2022 — avg 289 · peak 513Dec 2022 — avg 172 · peak 391May 2023 — avg 205 · peak 497Oct 2023 — avg 151 · peak 295Mar 2024 — avg 231 · peak 558Aug 2024 — avg 212 · peak 445Jan 2025 — avg 364 · peak 1,522Jun 2025 — avg 279 · peak 583Nov 2025 — avg 367 · peak 861Apr 2026 — avg 286 · peak 652Aug 2026 — avg 260 · peak 464
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
27272026-09-222026-10-152026-09-22: 17 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 15 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 20 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 15 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 27 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 8 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-11: 16 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 20 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 2 new positive2026-10-15: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.49$2.722015-01-012026-09-082015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-04-15 — best price $15.492015-06-27 — best price $14.992015-12-16 — best price $3.742016-04-13 — best price $14.992016-09-12 — best price $14.992016-12-26 — best price $5.252017-06-22 — best price $5.242017-10-23 — best price $5.242018-02-07 — best price $5.242018-03-31 — best price $14.992018-06-23 — best price $12.442018-08-21 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-09-05 — best price $14.992020-01-03 — best price $14.992020-03-09 — best price $12.292020-06-14 — best price $13.082020-08-05 — best price $14.992020-09-26 — best price $13.392020-11-07 — best price $13.392021-02-11 — best price $5.242021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-10-02 — best price $14.992022-02-18 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $4.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $13.372023-06-07 — best price $10.682023-11-21 — best price $5.242024-03-07 — best price $5.242024-06-22 — best price $13.372024-09-04 — best price $5.242025-01-24 — best price $13.372025-07-29 — best price $13.372025-11-20 — best price $5.242026-09-08 — best price $5.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.7k7272026-05-30 — 793 pageviews2026-06-03 — 791 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,368 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,043 pageviews2026-06-15 — 964 pageviews2026-06-19 — 979 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,034 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,265 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,059 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,077 pageviews2026-07-09 — 993 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,281 pageviews2026-07-17 — 907 pageviews2026-07-21 — 830 pageviews2026-07-25 — 780 pageviews2026-07-29 — 790 pageviews2026-08-02 — 907 pageviews2026-08-06 — 818 pageviews2026-08-10 — 932 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,006 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,002 pageviews2026-08-22 — 969 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,061 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,643 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,148 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,049 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,047 pageviews2026-09-15 — 839 pageviews2026-09-19 — 971 pageviews2026-09-23 — 877 pageviews2026-09-27 — 981 pageviews2026-10-01 — 794 pageviews2026-10-05 — 979 pageviews2026-10-08 — 790 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

95502026-10-01 23:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)57,83814%38
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,58238%38

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

FunnyActionComedySatireClassicSandboxAdventureDark HumorOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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