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Earthworm Jim 2

Shiny Entertainment · Interplay Inc. · 2009-11-04

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Earthworm Jim · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 04, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 30, 1996 (DOS), 2017 (Linux)

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Earthworm Jim 2 is a 2009 Action, Adventure title priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (71% of 113 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 113 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Earthworm Jim 2 is a 1995 run and gun platform game. It is the sequel to Earthworm Jim, and the second and final game in the Earthworm Jim series developed by original creators Doug TenNapel, David Perry, and Shiny Entertainment. It was released in late 1995 and early 1996 depending on the region and video game console, initially for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being ported to other platforms.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.5k–9.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at DotEmu (2012-04-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 49 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420112026Week of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.792015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-04-20 — best price $19.992015-10-19 — best price $13.992016-01-04 — best price $19.992016-06-13 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-30 — best price $6.792018-12-17 — best price $19.992019-02-18 — best price $13.992019-06-17 — best price $19.992019-10-21 — best price $13.992019-12-09 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $6.792021-01-05 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $6.992023-05-09 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $6.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-01-10 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $6.992024-09-02 — best price $7.992024-10-16 — best price $7.992025-02-24 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

112562026-05-31 — 85 pageviews2026-06-04 — 80 pageviews2026-06-08 — 88 pageviews2026-06-12 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 61 pageviews2026-06-20 — 81 pageviews2026-06-24 — 76 pageviews2026-06-28 — 83 pageviews2026-07-02 — 94 pageviews2026-07-06 — 72 pageviews2026-07-10 — 78 pageviews2026-07-14 — 64 pageviews2026-07-18 — 72 pageviews2026-07-22 — 57 pageviews2026-07-26 — 78 pageviews2026-07-30 — 80 pageviews2026-08-03 — 83 pageviews2026-08-07 — 60 pageviews2026-08-11 — 75 pageviews2026-08-15 — 78 pageviews2026-08-19 — 98 pageviews2026-08-23 — 67 pageviews2026-08-27 — 70 pageviews2026-08-31 — 89 pageviews2026-09-04 — 61 pageviews2026-09-08 — 82 pageviews2026-09-12 — 61 pageviews2026-09-16 — 78 pageviews2026-09-20 — 84 pageviews2026-09-24 — 74 pageviews2026-09-28 — 80 pageviews2026-10-02 — 67 pageviews2026-10-06 — 56 pageviews2026-10-09 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetroActionComedyClassicAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerSide ScrollerFamily Friendly

Census log

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

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