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Flying Red Barrel - The Diary of a Little Aviator

Orange_Juice · Fruitbat Factory · 2020-06-19

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 31, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Flying Red Barrel ~The Diary of a Little Aviator~ is an old-school bullet hell/STG game with multiple endings based on actions you take.

97%
positive of 115 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 55% of 15,217 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 115 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at GamersGate (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 45 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320202026Week of 2020-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.492020-06-192026-09-092020-06-19 — best price $8.992020-07-23 — best price $9.992020-08-13 — best price $8.992020-09-02 — best price $9.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $8.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-11-20 — best price $8.992021-01-08 — best price $9.992021-02-17 — best price $8.992021-04-23 — best price $8.992021-07-01 — best price $8.992021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-12-03 — best price $8.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-07 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-09-01 — best price $7.492023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-01-23 — best price $5.022024-03-22 — best price $9.992024-05-28 — best price $9.992024-07-26 — best price $6.692024-08-19 — best price $9.992024-11-14 — best price $9.992025-01-21 — best price $4.492025-04-07 — best price $4.492025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-11-20 — best price $5.992026-01-10 — best price $9.992026-04-02 — best price $4.992026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-07-10 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
77.2%
earned "Do Pirates Fly in the Sky?"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Player tags

AnimeIndieActionRobotsShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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