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Explosive Squat Games · 2018-03-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 12, 2018 (Linux)

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3
playing now
85%
positive of 686 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 686 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-04-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.002018-03-122026-08-232018-03-12 — best price $8.992018-09-22 — best price $9.992018-12-05 — best price $6.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $4.992019-10-18 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-05-21 — best price $9.992021-09-28 — best price $9.992021-11-23 — best price $9.992022-01-07 — best price $3.992022-04-22 — best price $1.002022-07-05 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $2.992023-01-20 — best price $9.992023-05-14 — best price $2.992023-07-30 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-02-28 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-10-21 — best price $9.992025-06-28 — best price $1.492025-09-07 — best price $9.992025-11-20 — best price $1.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3042%28

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

Player tags

2DIndieCasualEconomySandboxModdableStrategyAddictiveDifficultGameMaker

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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