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Final Exam

Mighty Rocket Studio · Focus Entertainment · 2013-11-05

SteamXbox

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Nov 05, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 08, 2013 (Xbox 360), Nov 06, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.

Final Exam is an Action and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1309 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Final Exam is a 2013 side-scroller video game developed by Mighty Rocket Studio for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows. Up to 4 players can work together to survive the outbreak. Many compared the game to a 2D version of Resident Evil Outbreak or Left 4 Dead.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 53k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.74-85%
Steam$0.74-85%
GamersGate$0.75-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.60 at GameBillet (2026-03-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 90 of 117 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.59$0.642015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.842015-04-13 — best price $6.992015-05-22 — best price $9.892015-09-12 — best price $9.992016-06-06 — best price $2.492016-11-23 — best price $1.992017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-11-30 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-12-19 — best price $9.992019-09-11 — best price $9.992020-02-08 — best price $8.112020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $9.992020-10-16 — best price $8.892020-12-06 — best price $9.992021-01-21 — best price $8.382021-03-21 — best price $9.992021-05-10 — best price $1.992021-08-13 — best price $1.932021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-04-08 — best price $1.992022-08-14 — best price $2.302022-12-05 — best price $1.202023-05-22 — best price $1.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-04-06 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $4.992025-01-16 — best price $4.492025-04-25 — best price $4.992025-08-08 — best price $4.992025-11-20 — best price $0.662026-02-16 — best price $0.642026-06-25 — best price $0.742026-09-11 — best price $0.742026-10-15 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42102026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-05 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 16 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 42 pageviews2026-06-25 — 30 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-03 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 23 pageviews2026-07-11 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-20 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 24 pageviews2026-08-28 — 22 pageviews2026-09-01 — 26 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 19 pageviews2026-09-13 — 17 pageviews2026-09-17 — 19 pageviews2026-09-21 — 18 pageviews2026-09-25 — 26 pageviews2026-09-29 — 31 pageviews2026-10-03 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews2026-10-11 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
63.3%
earned "Who’s the strongest?"
5.7%
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 Cloud

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,4372%32
PS3 (PlayStation)1,6954%16
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,3965%16
PS3 (PlayStation)3811%16

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionHorrorZombiesPlatformerBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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