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Ember Kaboom cover art

Ember Kaboom

Josh Koenig Games · 2016-06-03

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 03, 2016 (Mac), Jun 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!

Ember Kaboom is an Action and Indie game released in 2016 for $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (82% of 120 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 120 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 120 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 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

$4.99$0.492016-06-032026-07-092016-06-03 — best price $4.492016-06-10 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $3.342016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.242017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $0.992017-11-22 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-10-24 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $0.592018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $0.592018-11-27 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $0.592019-01-04 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.742020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $0.742021-01-05 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $0.892021-02-15 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $0.742022-11-29 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $0.742023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $0.742023-03-23 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.492026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Player tags

2DIndieActionPlatformerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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