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Fireboy & Watergirl: Fairy Tales cover art

Fireboy & Watergirl: Fairy Tales

Oslo Albet · 2021-11-01

Steam

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Nov 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fireboy & Watergirl are back! This time with fairies to help you!

Fireboy & Watergirl: Fairy Tales is an Action and Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 363 reviews).

6
playing now
94%
positive of 363 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 363 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2022-02-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120212026Week of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
42Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 21May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.692021-11-012026-07-092021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-22 — best price $0.892022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-28 — best price $0.692022-03-07 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.692022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.792022-11-29 — best price $0.992022-12-23 — best price $0.692023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.792023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-04-24 — best price $0.742023-05-01 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.692023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.692023-11-28 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.692024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-18 — best price $0.792024-03-21 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
12.5%
earned "Complete all the levels"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7654%2

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

Player tags

2DCuteCo-opMagicActionNaturePuzzleFantasyPhysicsAdventure

Census log

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

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