The Game Census
Doughlings: Arcade cover art

Doughlings: Arcade

Hero Concept · 2018-05-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 09, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 08, 2018 (Mac), May 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 03, 2018 (Xbox One)

Doughlings brings unique gameplay mechanics through its interesting characters and the world while combining together the best that all known Arkanoid games have to offer, polished with a modern look and design.

89%
positive of 151 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (15 reviews).
  • · Top 51% of 15,350 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at GreenManGaming (2018-06-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 2 of 3 observed days · $5.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$1.002018-04-202026-09-152018-04-20 — best price $4.992018-05-17 — best price $4.992018-06-24 — best price $2.002018-07-16 — best price $1.002018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-04-22 — best price $4.992019-08-19 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-03-30 — best price $4.992020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-07-17 — best price $4.992020-08-24 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-12-02 — best price $4.992021-01-14 — best price $4.992021-02-16 — best price $4.992021-02-22 — best price $4.992021-03-31 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $4.492021-06-17 — best price $4.992021-08-06 — best price $4.492021-10-03 — best price $4.992021-10-25 — best price $4.492021-11-12 — best price $4.492022-01-06 — best price $4.492022-01-24 — best price $4.492022-02-06 — best price $4.492022-03-24 — best price $4.492022-05-03 — best price $4.492022-05-23 — best price $4.992022-07-22 — best price $4.492024-02-02 — best price $4.992025-08-15 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Time to be a hero!"
15.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Japanese

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualCartoonClassicColorfulDifficult

Census log

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

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