The Game Census
Hoo-Boy cover art

Hoo-Boy

Anatoly Konstantinov · 2017-09-29

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 29, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

HOO-BOY! A platformer game about the adventures of a candy boy hailing from Candy-Land.

Hoo-Boy is an Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 176 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 176 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9 reviews).
  • · Top 31% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 176 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.392017-09-302026-08-232017-09-30 — best price $4.042017-12-01 — best price $0.992018-03-05 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.492018-12-17 — best price $1.992019-02-18 — best price $0.492019-06-17 — best price $1.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-04-27 — best price $1.992020-08-17 — best price $0.492020-11-02 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-03-01 — best price $1.992021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-11-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-05-23 — best price $1.992022-10-10 — best price $0.492023-01-05 — best price $1.992023-05-01 — best price $1.092023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-12-04 — best price $0.672024-02-12 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.552024-09-16 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $0.552025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $0.572025-10-06 — best price $1.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-06-03 — best price $0.652026-07-17 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
82.4%
earned "Coins!"
40.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Player tags

2DIndieCasualCartoonAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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