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Fruit Salad

The Dead Pixel Society, LLC · 2023-11-18

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 25, 2023 (Linux), Oct 25, 2023 (Mac), Oct 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Drop adorable fruit to merge them and create even larger fruit in this cozy physics puzzle game!

Fruit Salad is a Casual and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 319 reviews).

3
playing now
96%
positive of 319 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 319 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-04-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720232026Week of 2023-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
593Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 59 · peak 126Dec 2023 — avg 33 · peak 76Jan 2024 — avg 20 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 24May 2024 — avg 11 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 10 · peak 23Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 17Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.992023-11-192026-07-202023-11-19 — best price $1.492023-12-21 — best price $1.592024-02-05 — best price $1.592024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-04-08 — best price $0.992024-05-20 — best price $1.492024-06-27 — best price $1.392024-07-15 — best price $1.492024-08-26 — best price $1.492024-10-07 — best price $1.492024-11-27 — best price $1.192024-12-19 — best price $1.392025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-04-26 — best price $1.492025-06-02 — best price $1.492025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-07-17 — best price $1.992025-08-23 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.992025-12-01 — best price $1.592025-12-18 — best price $1.292026-01-12 — best price $1.592026-02-23 — best price $1.592026-03-19 — best price $1.292026-04-06 — best price $1.592026-05-18 — best price $1.592026-06-25 — best price $1.392026-07-13 — best price $1.592026-07-20 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "Unchained (5)"
38.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4052%30

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieArcadeCasualPuzzleMatch 3PhysicsColorfulController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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