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Centipede: Recharged

Adamvision Studios · Atari · 2021-09-29

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 29, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 29, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 29, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 29, 2021 (Mac), Sep 29, 2021 (Linux), Sep 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Blast bugs and chase high scores in this glorious revival of an old-school classic, all while jamming to a heart-pounding original score by Megan McDuffee. Play solo or tag in a friend for local co-op across 30 unique challenges or the endless arcade mode.

84%
positive of 174 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (135 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 17,318 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 174 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$1.99-80%
GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-09-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 36 of 67 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620212026Week of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992021-09-292026-09-212021-09-29 — best price $9.992021-12-09 — best price $8.992022-01-16 — best price $8.992022-02-05 — best price $8.992022-02-25 — best price $8.992022-04-01 — best price $8.992022-04-18 — best price $8.992022-05-08 — best price $8.992022-05-29 — best price $7.342022-07-08 — best price $8.992022-07-30 — best price $8.992022-08-21 — best price $8.992022-09-18 — best price $8.992022-11-02 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $6.692023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-18 — best price $6.692023-08-28 — best price $8.992023-11-16 — best price $8.992024-01-12 — best price $8.992024-03-01 — best price $8.992024-04-11 — best price $4.992024-06-09 — best price $7.342024-07-31 — best price $9.992024-09-25 — best price $3.992024-11-26 — best price $3.992025-01-12 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-05-29 — best price $2.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $2.492026-01-08 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-30 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
51.6%
earned "Shooting Shark"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

2D1980sRetroActionArcadeShooterAbstractColorfulTop-DownController

Census log

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

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