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Door Kickers: Action Squad cover art

Door Kickers: Action Squad

PixelShard · KillHouse Games · 2018-09-10

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Oct 27, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 24, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Apr 02, 2020 (Android), Oct 23, 2019 (Xbox One), Sep 10, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Door Kickers: Action Squad is a $13.99 Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2018, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 10,604 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

24
playing now
95%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4.73★
PlayStation Store rating (1,484 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Door Kickers: Action Squad trailer thumbnail

Door Kickers: Action Squad Release Trailer

≈222,917 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 244 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (699 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 265k–637k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,618 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.79-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.16 at Fanatical (2026-08-03) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 82 of 116 observed days · $0.63 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66266220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10762026-09-15 12:00 — 30 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 41 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 48 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 27 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 44 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 99 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 70 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 94 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 41 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 70 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3490Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 35Mar 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 31Sep 2018 — avg 50 · peak 165Dec 2018 — avg 28 · peak 85Mar 2019 — avg 22 · peak 71Jun 2019 — avg 25 · peak 130Sep 2019 — avg 27 · peak 164Dec 2019 — avg 67 · peak 167Mar 2020 — avg 70 · peak 313Jun 2020 — avg 47 · peak 149Sep 2020 — avg 49 · peak 200Dec 2020 — avg 349 · peak 2,417Mar 2021 — avg 77 · peak 575Jun 2021 — avg 64 · peak 229Sep 2021 — avg 36 · peak 93Dec 2021 — avg 67 · peak 206Mar 2022 — avg 127 · peak 571Jun 2022 — avg 62 · peak 181Sep 2022 — avg 58 · peak 207Dec 2022 — avg 64 · peak 215Mar 2023 — avg 53 · peak 168Jun 2023 — avg 41 · peak 166Sep 2023 — avg 35 · peak 89Dec 2023 — avg 47 · peak 148Mar 2024 — avg 42 · peak 155Jun 2024 — avg 49 · peak 169Sep 2024 — avg 31 · peak 88Dec 2024 — avg 44 · peak 130Mar 2025 — avg 49 · peak 134Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 121Sep 2025 — avg 38 · peak 156Dec 2025 — avg 35 · peak 116Mar 2026 — avg 36 · peak 120Jun 2026 — avg 45 · peak 175Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 100
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$2.242017-11-172026-10-142017-11-17 — best price $10.792018-09-10 — best price $13.992019-06-10 — best price $8.392019-11-21 — best price $5.592020-03-09 — best price $4.612020-05-28 — best price $13.992020-08-09 — best price $13.992020-10-03 — best price $13.992020-11-01 — best price $13.992020-12-01 — best price $13.992021-01-15 — best price $10.282021-02-15 — best price $13.992021-04-15 — best price $11.782021-05-15 — best price $11.782021-10-07 — best price $13.992021-12-13 — best price $4.192022-02-28 — best price $13.992022-05-23 — best price $13.992022-08-24 — best price $10.282022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-03-16 — best price $3.492023-08-08 — best price $2.792023-12-21 — best price $3.492024-03-21 — best price $13.992024-07-12 — best price $13.992024-11-18 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $2.802025-07-11 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $13.992026-01-15 — best price $13.992026-04-16 — best price $13.992026-07-16 — best price $2.792026-09-05 — best price $2.792026-09-25 — best price $2.792026-10-14 — best price $2.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
81.4%
earned "Warming Up"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-09-10, latest 2021-10-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,1186%51
PS4 (PlayStation)1,92618%52
Xbox One (Xbox)1,7345%51
Switch (Nintendo)260%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieRetroActionShooterZombiesTacticalSimulationLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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