The Game Census
Chippy cover art

Chippy

Facepunch Studios · 2019-06-14

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Chip destructible bosses apart pixel-by-pixel in this twin-stick bullet-hell shooter.

91%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 25,935 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,187 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14314320192026Week of 2019-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

22
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "Neophyte"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-06-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4801%22
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeShooterAbstractModdableTop-DownDifficultBullet Hell

Census log

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

Players also track

#KILLALLZOMBIESDoomsday HuntersLONE RUINBad EggCursorbladeFatalZone

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Discord ↗