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Insecticide Part 1

Crackpot Entertainment · Missing Link Games · 2008-07-01

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 01, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the fast shooting world of INSECTICIDE as hot shot rookie Detective Chrys Liszt and help solve a crime of epic proportions. Lead your team on a bug hunt, collecting clues and solving puzzles. Use old-fashioned street smarts, unique insect abilities and an arsenal of ingenious bug weapons to confront your suspects.

Insecticide Part 1 is a 2008 Action, Adventure game priced at $3.99, with Mostly Positive (75% of 463 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
75%
positive of 465 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Insecticide is a 2008 action-adventure game by Crackpot Entertainment and published by Gamecock Media Group for the Nintendo DS and Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 465 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.20 at GamersGate (2016-08-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152026Week of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jul 2012Jun 2021Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2012 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 12Jan 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2021

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.292015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $0.742015-06-22 — best price $2.992015-11-17 — best price $0.292016-06-13 — best price $0.742016-10-17 — best price $0.492017-01-10 — best price $2.992017-09-04 — best price $0.492018-06-01 — best price $2.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492019-06-03 — best price $0.992020-03-26 — best price $0.892020-08-24 — best price $2.992020-10-26 — best price $0.892020-11-12 — best price $0.992020-12-02 — best price $0.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-01-19 — best price $0.742021-02-07 — best price $0.992021-03-22 — best price $2.992021-04-10 — best price $2.992021-04-28 — best price $2.992021-05-16 — best price $2.992021-06-03 — best price $2.992021-07-06 — best price $2.442021-11-01 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $0.592022-03-08 — best price $2.442022-06-14 — best price $2.192022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-08-18 — best price $2.192022-12-12 — best price $2.992024-02-13 — best price $2.192024-12-04 — best price $3.992025-06-16 — best price $3.992025-10-20 — best price $3.992026-05-30 — best price $2.232026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7132026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 19 pageviews2026-06-30 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 5 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 14 pageviews2026-09-18 — 7 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionComedyPuzzleShooterAdventureDetectivePlatformerSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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