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Flinthook cover art

Flinthook

Tribute Games Inc. · 2017-04-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 18, 2017 (Linux), Apr 18, 2017 (Mac), Mar 09, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 18, 2017 (Xbox One)

Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!

Flinthook is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (74% of 844 reviews).

1
playing now
74%
positive of 844 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (300 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Flinthook is a roguelike platformer by Tribute Games in which the player's character uses a grappling hook to traverse procedurally generated spaceships for treasure. The developers were inspired by "rogue-lites" including Spelunky and Rogue Legacy. They said that the grappling hook game mechanic was their hardest design challenge. The game was released in April 2017 for Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, followed by a release for Nintendo Switch in March 2018. Early previews of Flinthook noted the accessibility and tightness of the controls. Digital Trends and Kotaku listed the game among the best in show at the June 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 844 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2019-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920172026Week of 2017-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-04-182026-10-102017-04-18 — best price $13.492017-08-23 — best price $10.042017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-04-18 — best price $11.242018-07-23 — best price $14.992018-11-15 — best price $8.992019-01-10 — best price $8.992019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $5.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-14 — best price $5.992020-06-25 — best price $10.492021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-08-28 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-02-07 — best price $14.992022-04-01 — best price $14.992022-06-10 — best price $6.002022-09-23 — best price $14.992022-12-13 — best price $6.002023-02-02 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $10.492023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-08-24 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $11.242026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2432026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 3 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-31 — 10 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 10 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
42.2%
earned "Star Sailor"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-04-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9562%37
PS4 (PlayStation)7998%37
Xbox One (Xbox)2178%37
Switch (Nintendo)340%0

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

Player tags

2DLootIndieActionPiratesAdventureDifficultPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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