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Laser Disco Defenders cover art

Laser Disco Defenders

Out Of Bounds · Excalibur Publishing · 2016-10-06

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 07, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 26, 2016 (PlayStation Vita)

A self-inflicted bullet hell that combines retro sci-fi with the sounds and sights of the disco era

Laser Disco Defenders is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 52 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 52 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (1,815 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.82 at GamersGate (2023-11-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 25 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.042016-10-062026-08-172016-10-06 — best price $6.182017-01-04 — best price $9.992017-04-15 — best price $6.692017-07-03 — best price $4.992017-10-17 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-06-25 — best price $2.502018-11-18 — best price $9.992019-02-15 — best price $9.992019-07-01 — best price $9.992019-10-24 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $1.122020-04-01 — best price $8.992020-06-03 — best price $9.992020-07-14 — best price $9.992020-08-29 — best price $7.342020-10-07 — best price $7.892020-11-28 — best price $1.992021-01-17 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-03-25 — best price $7.892021-05-03 — best price $7.892021-06-18 — best price $7.892021-09-21 — best price $9.992021-11-30 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $8.892022-05-15 — best price $9.992022-10-17 — best price $9.992023-03-06 — best price $2.092023-06-22 — best price $9.992023-10-29 — best price $9.992024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-05-25 — best price $7.892024-11-23 — best price $9.992025-03-06 — best price $9.992025-08-07 — best price $9.992025-12-05 — best price $9.992026-04-21 — best price $7.892026-08-17 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
9%
earned "Don't cross the beams"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-06 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeRobotsSci-fiShooterCartoonyRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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