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Madballs in Babo:Invasion

Playbrains · 2009-09-17

SteamXbox

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 17, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2010 (Xbox 360)

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Madballs in Babo:Invasion is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2009, priced at $4.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 298 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 298 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 12h
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Madballs in Babo: Invasion is an action video game developed by Canadian studio Playbrains. It was released on July 15, 2009 on Xbox Live Arcade and on September 17, 2009 for Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 298 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-10-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jul 2012Dec 2020Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 21Oct 2012 — avg 1 · peak 11Jan 2013 — avg 3 · peak 17Apr 2013 — avg 1 · peak 14Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 18Oct 2013 — avg 1 · peak 14Jan 2014 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2014 — avg 1 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 7Oct 2015 — avg 0 · peak 6Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012020-05-252015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-01-02 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $1.992015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-10-29 — best price $1.242015-11-02 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-10-28 — best price $0.992016-11-01 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $1.992016-11-29 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $1.492017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $1.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992018-11-28 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992020-03-04 — best price $4.492020-03-17 — best price $4.992020-04-27 — best price $3.662020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $3.662020-05-25 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 4 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 3 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2 pageviews2026-09-21 — 4 pageviews2026-09-25 — 1 pageviews2026-09-29 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 4 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
75%
earned "First Unlock"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud7 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, Russian

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2009-12-10, latest 2010-08-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionCasualShooterTop-DownMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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