The Game Census
Joy Pony cover art

Joy Pony

Dio Alias Games · 2017-08-15

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Raise a pony from baby to adult!

Joy Pony is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with Mixed sentiment (66% of 226 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
66%
positive of 226 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (272 downloads)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 225% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (48 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 29,378 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 226 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-07-09) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320172026Week of 2017-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492017-08-162020-03-172017-08-16 — best price $2.092017-08-22 — best price $2.992017-10-11 — best price $1.992017-10-20 — best price $1.092017-11-03 — best price $1.992018-04-30 — best price $0.992018-05-14 — best price $1.992018-06-23 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-07-09 — best price $0.492018-07-23 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $0.492018-11-01 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.492018-11-27 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-02-10 — best price $0.492019-02-24 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.662019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-07-20 — best price $0.492019-08-03 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-11-09 — best price $0.662019-11-23 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $0.992019-12-20 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-01-07 — best price $0.592020-01-21 — best price $0.992020-03-03 — best price $0.492020-03-17 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
50.4%
earned "Pony"
49.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Thai

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)42387%10

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeIndieMemesCasualHorrorCold WarStylizedAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.