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Commander Keen

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-08-03

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 14, 1990 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.

Commander Keen is an Action game released in 2007, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1577 reviews).

5
playing now
93%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Commander Keen is a series of side-scrolling platform video games developed primarily by id Software. The series consists of six main episodes, a "lost" episode, and a final game; all but the final game were released for MS-DOS in 1990 and 1991, while the 2001 Commander Keen was released for the Game Boy Color. The series follows the eponymous Commander Keen, the secret identity of the eight-year-old genius Billy Blaze, as he defends the Earth and the galaxy from alien threats with his homemade spaceship, rayguns, and pogo stick.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 63k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,577 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at Steam (2019-06-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 38 of 72 observed days · $4.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10810820172026Week of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
132Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 22Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2015 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 18Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.902015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $1.242016-08-03 — best price $2.492017-08-22 — best price $1.242018-02-15 — best price $1.242018-11-21 — best price $1.242019-06-10 — best price $0.902019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-05-09 — best price $2.492021-08-24 — best price $4.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-27 — best price $4.992022-08-29 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-12-12 — best price $1.992025-02-13 — best price $1.992025-04-10 — best price $1.992025-07-30 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992025-10-28 — best price $1.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-02-04 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-29 — best price $1.992026-09-04 — best price $1.992026-09-10 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $4.992026-09-22 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $1.992026-10-04 — best price $1.992026-10-10 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7842662026-05-27 — 354 pageviews2026-05-31 — 372 pageviews2026-06-04 — 359 pageviews2026-06-08 — 364 pageviews2026-06-12 — 274 pageviews2026-06-16 — 398 pageviews2026-06-20 — 486 pageviews2026-06-24 — 422 pageviews2026-06-28 — 350 pageviews2026-07-02 — 291 pageviews2026-07-06 — 389 pageviews2026-07-10 — 519 pageviews2026-07-14 — 369 pageviews2026-07-18 — 313 pageviews2026-07-22 — 278 pageviews2026-07-26 — 317 pageviews2026-07-30 — 301 pageviews2026-08-03 — 374 pageviews2026-08-07 — 434 pageviews2026-08-11 — 386 pageviews2026-08-15 — 390 pageviews2026-08-19 — 364 pageviews2026-08-23 — 389 pageviews2026-08-27 — 296 pageviews2026-08-31 — 324 pageviews2026-09-04 — 299 pageviews2026-09-08 — 342 pageviews2026-09-12 — 284 pageviews2026-09-16 — 266 pageviews2026-09-20 — 300 pageviews2026-09-24 — 302 pageviews2026-09-28 — 320 pageviews2026-10-02 — 297 pageviews2026-10-06 — 327 pageviews2026-10-10 — 348 pageviews2026-10-12 — 295 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetro1990'sActionSci-fiClassicAdventureNostalgiaOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.