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Downwell cover art

Downwell

Moppin · Devolver Digital · 2015-10-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 14, 2015 (iOS), Jan 27, 2016 (Android), Oct 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 24, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 24, 2016 (PlayStation Vita)

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Downwell is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $2.99, and holding an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 8619 reviews).

7
playing now
97%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (121 ratings)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (6,110 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Downwell is a 2015 roguelike vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Moppin and published by Devolver Digital. The first game to be developed solely by Ojiro Fumoto, it was released for iOS and Microsoft Windows in October 2015, for Android in January 2016, and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in May 2016. A Nintendo Switch version was released in January 2019. British studio Red Phantom Games developed the Switch and PlayStation ports.

Trailer

Downwell trailer thumbnail

Downwell - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈122,263 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 267 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 216k–518k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,631 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.75-75%
GOG$0.75-75%
Fanatical$0.98-67%
Microsoft Store$2.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at GOG (2022-03-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 120 of 163 observed days · $0.16 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15815820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2872026-09-15 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15810Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 158 · peak 316Feb 2016 — avg 66 · peak 153Jun 2016 — avg 41 · peak 100Oct 2016 — avg 32 · peak 58Feb 2017 — avg 34 · peak 74Jun 2017 — avg 34 · peak 74Oct 2017 — avg 22 · peak 48Feb 2018 — avg 25 · peak 51Jun 2018 — avg 31 · peak 67Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 45Feb 2019 — avg 30 · peak 61Jun 2019 — avg 21 · peak 45Oct 2019 — avg 18 · peak 36Feb 2020 — avg 15 · peak 31Jun 2020 — avg 19 · peak 42Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 35Feb 2021 — avg 21 · peak 54Jun 2021 — avg 19 · peak 43Oct 2021 — avg 20 · peak 49Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 36Jun 2022 — avg 15 · peak 33Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 24Feb 2023 — avg 13 · peak 27Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 26Jun 2024 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 32Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 34Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 33Jun 2026 — avg 18 · peak 36Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.30$0.622015-10-152026-10-142015-10-15 — best price $2.992016-08-05 — best price $2.992017-07-24 — best price $0.982018-03-26 — best price $1.492018-12-13 — best price $1.492019-10-29 — best price $0.642020-01-14 — best price $1.492020-02-29 — best price $2.992020-09-02 — best price $0.742021-02-20 — best price $2.992021-08-14 — best price $2.992021-12-04 — best price $2.992022-03-20 — best price $2.992022-06-22 — best price $0.982022-10-18 — best price $2.992023-01-03 — best price $2.992023-04-10 — best price $0.982023-06-30 — best price $0.982023-08-30 — best price $2.992023-12-05 — best price $0.982024-02-22 — best price $2.992024-05-03 — best price $0.982024-07-25 — best price $2.492024-10-14 — best price $0.982024-12-22 — best price $0.992025-02-20 — best price $2.992025-04-25 — best price $2.992025-07-15 — best price $0.742025-09-19 — best price $2.992025-12-09 — best price $0.622026-03-11 — best price $2.992026-05-11 — best price $2.992026-07-27 — best price $0.742026-08-27 — best price $0.752026-09-21 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

144232026-05-30 — 44 pageviews2026-06-03 — 36 pageviews2026-06-07 — 35 pageviews2026-06-11 — 29 pageviews2026-06-15 — 44 pageviews2026-06-19 — 31 pageviews2026-06-23 — 41 pageviews2026-06-27 — 50 pageviews2026-07-01 — 41 pageviews2026-07-05 — 40 pageviews2026-07-09 — 32 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 36 pageviews2026-07-21 — 50 pageviews2026-07-25 — 81 pageviews2026-07-29 — 65 pageviews2026-08-02 — 47 pageviews2026-08-06 — 59 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-18 — 46 pageviews2026-08-22 — 39 pageviews2026-08-26 — 45 pageviews2026-08-30 — 50 pageviews2026-09-03 — 61 pageviews2026-09-07 — 39 pageviews2026-09-11 — 39 pageviews2026-09-15 — 50 pageviews2026-09-19 — 54 pageviews2026-09-23 — 51 pageviews2026-09-27 — 57 pageviews2026-10-01 — 46 pageviews2026-10-05 — 45 pageviews2026-10-09 — 45 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Careful Descent"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)28,6325%23
Steam (Steam)22,4024%20
Windows (Xbox)1,8535%22
Switch (Nintendo)4760%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

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeAdventureDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerShoot '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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