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Grandpa High on Retro

Ashnell Games · Ashnell Games · 2025-02-06

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: TBD (PlayStation 4), Feb 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Grandpa goes on a third person, action adventure killing rampage, with his grandson after his smoking session was interrupted by a phone call.

Grandpa High on Retro is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2025, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2206 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k 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
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 212 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,539 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,206 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-06-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12912920252026Week of 2025-02-07: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-16 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-16 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
272Jul 2025Aug 2026Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 2 · peak 4Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 130Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 27 · peak 127Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 62Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$4.792025-02-072026-08-312025-02-07 — best price $7.192025-02-16 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $5.592025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-04-14 — best price $5.992025-04-21 — best price $7.992025-05-26 — best price $6.792025-06-02 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $5.592025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-25 — best price $5.592025-09-01 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $6.392025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-08 — best price $6.392025-10-13 — best price $7.992025-12-02 — best price $5.592025-12-09 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.592026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-02-02 — best price $6.392026-02-09 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-13 — best price $5.592026-04-20 — best price $7.992026-06-04 — best price $4.792026-06-11 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-13 — best price $5.992026-07-20 — best price $7.992026-08-24 — best price $4.792026-08-31 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3D1980sFunnyActionComedyModernShooterAdventureCinematicDark Humor

Census log

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

Recent updates

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