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Foul Play cover art

Foul Play

Mediatonic · Epic Games · 2013-09-18

SteamPlayStation StoreXbox

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

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

Releases: Sep 18, 2013 (Mac), Sep 18, 2013 (Linux), Sep 18, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2014 (PlayStation 4), 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 18, 2013 (Xbox 360)

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

Foul Play is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 650 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 650 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Foul Play is a 2013 brawler action-adventure developed by UK-based indie studio Mediatonic and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on 18 September 2013 and for Mac OS X and Linux on 28 October 2013. After a port to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita was announced in mid-2014, the PlayStation 4 received its early version of the game on 1 September 2015 in North America as part of the PlayStation Heroes charity campaign, while both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita versions were actually released on 23 February 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 650 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2015-05-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720152026Week of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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

Price history

$24.99$1.492015-01-012024-08-062015-01-01 — best price $2.342015-02-13 — best price $14.992015-04-13 — best price $9.992015-05-12 — best price $13.942015-07-03 — best price $2.012015-07-24 — best price $7.602015-10-28 — best price $3.752015-12-23 — best price $5.092016-01-18 — best price $14.242016-01-29 — best price $2.242016-02-08 — best price $14.242016-03-21 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $3.742016-10-28 — best price $3.742016-12-09 — best price $2.252017-05-04 — best price $13.492017-08-18 — best price $11.872017-11-30 — best price $14.992018-04-30 — best price $14.992018-06-04 — best price $2.992018-09-06 — best price $2.992018-12-01 — best price $14.992019-03-08 — best price $2.992019-08-29 — best price $3.742019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-22 — best price $2.992020-04-17 — best price $14.992020-09-02 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-09-01 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $2.242024-08-06 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2222026-05-29 — 11 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 5 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 12 pageviews2026-08-29 — 9 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 4 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
81.1%
earned "Amateur Dramatic"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)19,0549%31
Steam (Steam)4,4913%30
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,38210%30
Steam (Steam)254%28

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionCasualComedyAdventureSteampunkBeat 'em upLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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