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McPixel cover art

McPixel

Sos Sosowski · 2012-09-25

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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!

McPixel is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 3944 reviews).

2
playing now
84%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

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

Trailer

McPixel trailer thumbnail

Official McPixel Launch Trailer

≈51,728 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 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 8% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 158k–315k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,942 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 4 of 8 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

302026-09-15 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2 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

3212026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-05 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-13 — 21 pageviews2026-07-17 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 10 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-03 — 7 pageviews2026-09-07 — 6 pageviews2026-09-11 — 14 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews2026-09-19 — 13 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 12 pageviews2026-10-01 — 14 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

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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