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CounterAttack: Uprising cover art

CounterAttack: Uprising

Relative Games · Relative Software LTD. · 2019-03-11

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

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

Releases: Apr 21, 2016 (Linux), Apr 21, 2016 (Mac), Apr 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2022 (Xbox One)

CounterAttack: Uprising is a side scrolling space shooter (shmup). Team up or fight solo, 1 - 4 player local or up to 8 players online cross-platform coop, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

CounterAttack: Uprising is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 366 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

91%
positive of 365 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
CounterAttack: Uprising is a horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Canadian studio Relative Software Ltd. It was released on 11 March 2019 on Steam for Windows, Linux, and macOS, on 4 November 2022 for Xbox One and on 28 September 2023 for Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.1k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 365 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.692016-04-222026-10-082016-04-22 — best price $7.192016-11-23 — best price $5.592017-06-23 — best price $5.592017-11-22 — best price $5.992018-08-06 — best price $6.392018-12-20 — best price $5.352019-04-22 — best price $14.992019-09-23 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-06-01 — best price $10.042020-11-25 — best price $10.492021-03-29 — best price $8.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492022-02-28 — best price $5.092022-07-25 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $5.992023-05-20 — best price $11.992023-11-06 — best price $7.492024-02-12 — best price $5.992024-04-11 — best price $5.242024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-22 — best price $4.492024-11-22 — best price $3.592024-12-24 — best price $3.142025-03-07 — best price $14.992025-04-09 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-11-19 — best price $14.992026-02-22 — best price $14.992026-06-15 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-29 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 0 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 0 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 6 pageviews2026-09-06 — 0 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1 pageviews2026-10-08 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
75.5%
earned "Kill 100 Automatons"
30.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5491%40
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

Co-opActionShooterSurvivalRogue-liteBullet HellLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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