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Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum cover art

Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum

Retrotainment Games · iam8bit Presents · 2022-10-25

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 25, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2022 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2022 (Nintendo Entertainment System)

Garbage Pail Kids are back in this Long-Lost, All-New platforming adventure. Featuring four playable characters, six secret-filled levels, and a trading-card system, Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and the Quest for Stale Gum is a throwback to the golden era of 80s gaming.

89%
positive of 53 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (100 ratings)
$9.99
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 65% of 16,269 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.14-89%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 63 observed days · $9.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720222026Week of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.892022-10-252026-09-172022-10-25 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-31 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-05-25 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $2.492025-07-21 — best price $9.992025-09-17 — best price $9.692025-10-21 — best price $9.992025-11-21 — best price $1.842025-12-01 — best price $8.392025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-01-08 — best price $8.392026-02-17 — best price $1.782026-03-04 — best price $8.392026-03-26 — best price $1.952026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $1.652026-05-07 — best price $8.392026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-06-24 — best price $7.852026-06-27 — best price $1.342026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $1.492026-07-23 — best price $1.232026-08-01 — best price $8.382026-08-14 — best price $8.932026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2D1980sFunnyRetroActionTradingColorfulOld SchoolPlatformerTime Travel

Census log

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