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CPU Invaders

Microblast Games · SA Industry · 2017-02-17

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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CPU Invaders is a 2017 Casual and Indie game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 762 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 762 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 29,066 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 762 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 18 observed days · $1.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1010Feb 2017Sep 2024Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 25May 2017 — avg 58 · peak 1,508Aug 2017 — avg 37 · peak 1,151Nov 2017 — avg 7 · peak 77Feb 2018 — avg 7 · peak 85May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 60Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 36Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 57Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 101Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2021 — avg 16 · peak 298Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 485Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 405Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 263Dec 2022 — avg 46 · peak 806Mar 2023 — avg 90 · peak 2,484Jun 2023 — avg 41 · peak 1,274Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 38

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.282017-02-182026-10-122017-02-18 — best price $2.242017-04-03 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $0.502017-11-01 — best price $2.992017-12-19 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.492018-07-14 — best price $0.492018-11-01 — best price $0.992019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-06-25 — best price $0.492019-10-12 — best price $0.992019-12-09 — best price $0.492020-03-06 — best price $0.992020-07-10 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-10-19 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.492022-03-25 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-09-17 — best price $0.992022-11-30 — best price $0.282023-01-25 — best price $0.992023-04-09 — best price $0.282023-11-08 — best price $0.492024-01-19 — best price $4.992024-04-02 — best price $0.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-10 — best price $24.992025-01-18 — best price $1.492025-04-04 — best price $29.992025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-10-22 — best price $29.992026-02-19 — best price $1.492026-04-18 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $1.492026-10-12 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
5.5%
earned "1"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,76839%13

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieActionArcadeCasualRacingSimulationFree to PlayShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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