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Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾 cover art

Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾

Dot blood · Targem Games · 2025-07-14

Steam

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Kickback is a top-down shooter with roguelike elements, where shooting is the only way to move. Repel waves of mutants, create combinations of weapons and upgrades to survive at all costs on your own or with a friend in a local co-op mode.

100%
positive of 69 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 68% of 13,074 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.09 at Steam (2026-01-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 16 of 32 observed days · $4.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420252026Week of 2025-07-14: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$2.092025-07-142026-09-072025-07-14 — best price $4.192025-07-28 — best price $6.992025-08-19 — best price $4.192025-08-27 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-09 — best price $3.492025-10-16 — best price $6.992025-11-20 — best price $3.492025-12-04 — best price $3.142025-12-11 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $2.792026-01-01 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-01-08 — best price $2.792026-01-15 — best price $6.992026-01-30 — best price $2.092026-02-05 — best price $2.792026-02-09 — best price $6.992026-02-19 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $2.092026-04-02 — best price $6.992026-04-09 — best price $2.092026-04-16 — best price $6.992026-04-30 — best price $2.092026-05-07 — best price $6.992026-06-04 — best price $2.092026-06-08 — best price $2.092026-06-11 — best price $6.992026-06-15 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-08-13 — best price $2.092026-08-31 — best price $2.792026-09-03 — best price $6.992026-09-07 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Census log

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

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