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McPixel cover art

McPixel

Sos Sosowski · 2012-09-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 27, 2012 (Android), Aug 27, 2012 (iOS), Jul 09, 2012 (Linux), Jul 09, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 09, 2012 (Mac)

McPixel is a save-the-day guy that you guide through 100 short challenges to prevent stuff from blowing up. You have only 20 seconds to save the day! Think quick!

0
playing now
84%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
2.2h
to beat · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

McPixel is an independently produced puzzle video game by Polish developer Mikołaj Kamiński in 2012.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 158k–316k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,944 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-11-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-05-01 — best price $4.992015-05-22 — best price $4.992015-07-04 — best price $0.992015-12-01 — best price $4.992016-02-24 — best price $0.992016-07-04 — best price $0.992017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-10-02 — best price $4.992020-03-11 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $0.992022-11-21 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-09-18 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-03-15 — best price $1.092024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.092025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $1.092025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-16 — best price $1.092026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10312026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-02 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 14 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 103 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 10 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 32 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroShortActionCasualComedyPuzzleAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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