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Lil Gator Game

MegaWobble · Playtonic Friends · 2022-12-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 10, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 10, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 10, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 10, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Embark on an adorable adventure, discover new friends and uncover everything the island has to offer. Climb, Swim, Glide and slide your way into the hearts of the many different characters you meet on your travels!

Lil Gator Game is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 6124 reviews).

7
playing now
99%
positive of 6.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (268 downloads)
4.82★
PlayStation Store rating (416 ratings)
3.7h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 5.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Lil Gator Game is a 2022 video game developed by MegaWobble and published by Playtonic Games. It is a 3D platform game where the player controls a young alligator who spends their time trying to get their older sister's attention. Lil Gator Game was released in December 2022 for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch, then for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 10, 2023. A full-length expansion, Lil Gator Game: In the Dark, was released on February 12, 2026. The game and expansion are available bundled together in a combination release, Lil Gator Game: Gator of the Year Edition.

Trailer

Lil Gator Game trailer thumbnail

Lil Gator Game - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈424,055 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 393 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,080 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 122k–276k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,124 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at Fanatical (2025-09-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 29 of 47 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
92992920222026Week of 2022-12-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3962026-09-15 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 34 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 14:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 30 players2026-10-04 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 08:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
946Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 94 · peak 420Feb 2023 — avg 28 · peak 98Apr 2023 — avg 20 · peak 74Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 49Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 141Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 40Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 56Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 33Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 32Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 34Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 91Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 50Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Feb 2026 — avg 58 · peak 285Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 46Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.722022-12-012026-10-092022-12-01 — best price $13.992022-12-23 — best price $17.882023-02-14 — best price $17.882023-03-15 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $15.492023-05-01 — best price $19.992023-05-16 — best price $15.742023-06-22 — best price $15.742023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-04 — best price $17.882023-08-24 — best price $11.992023-10-01 — best price $16.992023-11-06 — best price $8.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-01-01 — best price $19.992024-01-23 — best price $17.882024-02-22 — best price $15.082024-03-15 — best price $15.742024-04-01 — best price $9.592024-04-22 — best price $9.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-18 — best price $9.992024-07-09 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $8.792024-09-09 — best price $7.722024-10-17 — best price $8.992024-11-16 — best price $14.692024-12-11 — best price $9.392025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-02-04 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-17 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $14.692026-01-22 — best price $9.992026-03-27 — best price $15.892026-05-22 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $9.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

65142026-05-30 — 33 pageviews2026-06-03 — 24 pageviews2026-06-07 — 65 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-15 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 27 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-27 — 38 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 30 pageviews2026-07-09 — 40 pageviews2026-07-13 — 19 pageviews2026-07-17 — 32 pageviews2026-07-21 — 30 pageviews2026-07-25 — 28 pageviews2026-07-29 — 36 pageviews2026-08-02 — 42 pageviews2026-08-06 — 30 pageviews2026-08-10 — 31 pageviews2026-08-14 — 20 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 27 pageviews2026-08-30 — 21 pageviews2026-09-03 — 24 pageviews2026-09-07 — 31 pageviews2026-09-11 — 23 pageviews2026-09-15 — 33 pageviews2026-09-19 — 28 pageviews2026-09-23 — 29 pageviews2026-09-27 — 41 pageviews2026-10-01 — 32 pageviews2026-10-05 — 23 pageviews2026-10-08 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
77.8%
earned "Change Of Plans"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-02-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)5,2511%41
Steam (Steam)4,1388%41
PS5 (PlayStation)41616%42
Switch (Nintendo)2430%0
PS4 (PlayStation)11712%42

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCozyCuteFunnyIndieShortCasualLGBTQ+ColorfulRelaxing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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