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ibb & obb

Sparpweed · 2014-05-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 26, 2014 (Linux), May 26, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Mar 05, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

ibb & obb is a two player cooperative game set in a puzzle filled world where gravity goes both up and down. You can only succeed by working closely together. Find a friend for some true local co-op couch fun or match up online.

ibb & obb is a 2014 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 6831 reviews).

7
playing now
89%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

ibb & obb is a puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Dutch company Sparpweed Games for the PlayStation 3. It began as Richard Boeser's graduation project and debuted at IndieCade in 2008.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 117 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 171k–411k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-11-06) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 13 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10410420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2522026-09-15 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11410May 2014Aug 2026May 2014 — avg 16 · peak 186Sep 2014 — avg 12 · peak 42Jan 2015 — avg 18 · peak 68May 2015 — avg 27 · peak 74Sep 2015 — avg 18 · peak 43Jan 2016 — avg 61 · peak 185May 2016 — avg 23 · peak 57Sep 2016 — avg 18 · peak 52Jan 2017 — avg 38 · peak 119May 2017 — avg 41 · peak 223Sep 2017 — avg 104 · peak 1,073Jan 2018 — avg 43 · peak 114May 2018 — avg 39 · peak 158Sep 2018 — avg 18 · peak 50Jan 2019 — avg 26 · peak 83May 2019 — avg 15 · peak 39Sep 2019 — avg 14 · peak 47Jan 2020 — avg 33 · peak 159May 2020 — avg 27 · peak 62Sep 2020 — avg 21 · peak 56Jan 2021 — avg 41 · peak 110May 2021 — avg 26 · peak 130Sep 2021 — avg 114 · peak 858Jan 2022 — avg 34 · peak 91May 2022 — avg 59 · peak 262Sep 2022 — avg 36 · peak 187Jan 2023 — avg 38 · peak 137May 2023 — avg 31 · peak 182Sep 2023 — avg 28 · peak 109Jan 2024 — avg 32 · peak 154May 2024 — avg 23 · peak 148Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 54Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 82May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 101Sep 2025 — avg 23 · peak 118Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 74May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 105Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 83
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$13.99$1.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-11 — best price $8.392015-12-01 — best price $11.992016-02-12 — best price $11.992016-06-23 — best price $4.792016-07-09 — best price $11.992016-11-23 — best price $4.072017-04-24 — best price $4.792017-09-09 — best price $2.392017-12-21 — best price $4.192018-05-08 — best price $4.072018-11-12 — best price $3.592019-02-04 — best price $11.992019-07-09 — best price $11.992019-11-12 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-02-20 — best price $11.992020-04-02 — best price $7.912020-05-04 — best price $11.992020-07-09 — best price $11.992020-11-25 — best price $3.592021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-04-08 — best price $1.002021-08-26 — best price $2.392022-02-11 — best price $2.392022-08-18 — best price $2.392023-02-13 — best price $2.392023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-09-14 — best price $3.592024-02-12 — best price $2.392024-08-01 — best price $2.392024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-03-13 — best price $2.392025-09-11 — best price $2.392025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-05-14 — best price $2.392026-08-15 — best price $2.392026-08-19 — best price $2.392026-08-27 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
29.3%
earned "Mint Condition"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-05-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,7924%10
PS3 (PlayStation)2,8095%11
Switch (Nintendo)1140%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCuteCo-opIndieActionPuzzleAdventureDifficultPlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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