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Johnny Chainsaw

Adrian Fox · 2023-03-28

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A platformer without a jump button. Use your chainsaw to navigate the world.

Johnny Chainsaw is a $4.99 Indie game released in 2023, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (95% of 22 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 22 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Top 73% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-07-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920232026Week of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992023-03-292026-07-232023-03-29 — best price $2.992023-04-04 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $3.942023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-02 — best price $3.992023-10-09 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.942023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.942024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.342024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $3.242024-07-29 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.342024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-07-02 — best price $1.242025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-04-02 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $1.242026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-16 — best price $0.992026-07-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
100%
earned "Death Is Temporary"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DActionLinearPuzzleColorfulStylizedCyberpunkLore-RichPlatformerStory Rich

Census log

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

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