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HyperParasite

Troglobytes Games · Nicalis, Inc. · 2020-04-03

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 03, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Apr 03, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 03, 2020 (Xbox One), Apr 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A rogue-lite twin-stick shooter/brawler that never plays the same twice. Collect and control 60 different characters as the body-snatching alien Parasite with a grudge against humanity. Fight to the top of the food chain: possess the President, push the Big Red Button and one-up the human race.

HyperParasite is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $17.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (82% of 149 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 149 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.00★
PlayStation Store rating (85 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

HyperParasite is a roguelike shooter video game developed and published by Troglobytes Games. Early prototypes of the game were distributed through Steam's early access program in 2019. The game was released on 3 April 2020 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, which was followed by a physical release for the Switch on 19 February 2021. The game received generally positive reviews, earning praise for its uniqueness and design and criticism for its difficulty.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (19 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.0k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 149 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.58-91%
IndieGala$1.79-90%
GamersGate$1.80-90%
GreenManGaming$1.80-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99
GOG$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.43 at Fanatical (2025-10-13) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 91 of 139 observed days · $0.15 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920192026Week of 2019-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.98$1.162018-05-112026-10-142018-05-11 — best price $19.982020-05-18 — best price $12.592020-06-27 — best price $15.292020-08-15 — best price $17.992020-09-19 — best price $16.092020-10-31 — best price $17.992020-12-08 — best price $17.992021-01-19 — best price $15.192021-02-27 — best price $15.292021-04-12 — best price $17.992021-05-21 — best price $15.192021-07-08 — best price $17.992021-11-28 — best price $14.162022-03-02 — best price $15.012022-07-25 — best price $17.992022-12-12 — best price $14.212023-03-01 — best price $14.072023-05-04 — best price $5.392023-09-23 — best price $17.992023-12-15 — best price $5.762024-02-17 — best price $17.992024-04-22 — best price $5.392024-07-30 — best price $17.992024-10-17 — best price $2.692025-01-03 — best price $17.992025-04-03 — best price $17.992025-07-17 — best price $1.792025-10-13 — best price $1.172025-12-25 — best price $17.992026-02-27 — best price $17.992026-05-04 — best price $1.162026-09-05 — best price $17.992026-09-30 — best price $1.582026-10-14 — best price $1.58
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 0 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 8 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 0 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 2 pageviews2026-08-20 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 2 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 4 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "This ain't your Grandpa's Arcade Shooter"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-04-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

LootFunnyActionSci-fiShooterTop-DownDifficultOld SchoolRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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