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Kero Blaster

Studio Pixel · PLAYISM · 2015-11-11

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 11, 2014 (iOS), Apr 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 23, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 23, 2021 (Android), Jun 29, 2023 (Mac)

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Kero Blaster is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (94% of 1550 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
4.43★
PlayStation Store rating (395 ratings)
2.1h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Kero Blaster is a platform game created by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya released in 2014 for Windows and iOS. It was the first major release from Pixel since Cave Story in 2004.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 39k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,550 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-06-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 63 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992015-11-122026-10-142015-11-12 — best price $9.992016-03-21 — best price $6.992016-08-23 — best price $5.992016-12-15 — best price $5.992017-05-05 — best price $9.992017-08-14 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $5.992018-06-21 — best price $5.992018-11-15 — best price $5.992019-01-28 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-08-15 — best price $4.992019-11-10 — best price $4.992020-01-09 — best price $4.992020-02-27 — best price $4.992020-05-21 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $4.992021-06-09 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.992022-01-27 — best price $3.992022-07-25 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-16 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992024-01-25 — best price $2.992024-05-25 — best price $2.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992026-01-17 — best price $3.292026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $2.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46132026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 38 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 46 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 25 pageviews2026-07-08 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 46 pageviews2026-07-16 — 19 pageviews2026-07-20 — 33 pageviews2026-07-24 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 29 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 23 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 27 pageviews2026-09-14 — 46 pageviews2026-09-18 — 31 pageviews2026-09-22 — 33 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 32 pageviews2026-10-04 — 20 pageviews2026-10-08 — 22 pageviews2026-10-11 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
29.7%
earned "Hard Day's Work"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-11-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8385%10
PS4 (PlayStation)46910%10

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeFantasyShooterAdventureDifficultControllerPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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