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Headlander

Double Fine Productions · Adult Swim Games · 2016-07-25

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 25, 2016 (Mac), Jul 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Nov 18, 2016 (Xbox One)

Launch into the ultimate head trip as you blast through psychotic robots in a retro 70's sci-fi action adventure from Double Fine Productions. It is a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a computer.

Headlander is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1058 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (21 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (753 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Headlander is a 2016 Metroidvania-style video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Adult Swim Games.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–64k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,059 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2020-11-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992016-07-192026-10-112016-07-19 — best price $15.992016-11-22 — best price $19.992016-12-22 — best price $11.992017-03-23 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $3.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992017-11-16 — best price $7.992018-01-11 — best price $7.992018-04-03 — best price $19.992018-06-04 — best price $7.992018-08-30 — best price $5.992018-11-15 — best price $7.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-10-14 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $3.992020-01-31 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-05-17 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-11-26 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-07-08 — best price $19.992023-04-21 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $3.792024-01-04 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

25592026-06-02 — 12 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 71 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 41 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 59 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-13 — 12 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 53 pageviews2026-08-25 — 29 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 72 pageviews2026-09-06 — 48 pageviews2026-09-10 — 46 pageviews2026-09-14 — 32 pageviews2026-09-18 — 26 pageviews2026-09-22 — 44 pageviews2026-09-26 — 32 pageviews2026-09-30 — 47 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 pageviews2026-10-12 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
60.5%
earned "The Dawn of Man's Head"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-07-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,98410%31
Xbox One (Xbox)3,90114%31
PS4 (PlayStation)2,43343%31

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

Player tags

FunnyRetroSpaceActionComedySci-fiPlatformerBullet HellMetroidvaniaSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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