The Game Census
Critical Annihilation cover art

Critical Annihilation

Devoga · 2016-02-12

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 12, 2016 (Mac), Feb 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 12, 2016 (Linux)

Critical Annihilation is a Twin-Stick SHMUP (Shoot-em Up) made entirely out of tiny voxels. We take advantage of voxel technology to hype up the explosive gameplay. Everything is destructible to its core.

88%
positive of 237 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (51 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 18,829 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.19 at Humble Store (2018-08-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720162026Week of 2016-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.002016-02-122022-10-172016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-05-08 — best price $7.492016-05-18 — best price $7.492016-06-23 — best price $5.992016-08-08 — best price $3.992016-09-01 — best price $5.992016-09-08 — best price $5.992016-10-28 — best price $5.992016-11-23 — best price $5.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $5.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-01-11 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-08-03 — best price $5.992018-08-30 — best price $1.192018-11-15 — best price $2.992022-10-17 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
54.8%
earned "Boom"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2375%24

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

Player tags

IndieVoxelActionDestructionEarly AccessShoot 'Em UpGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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