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McPixel 3 cover art

McPixel 3

Sos Sosowski · Devolver Digital · 2022-11-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Nov 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 14, 2022 (Linux), Nov 14, 2022 (Mac), Nov 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 14, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.

McPixel 3 is a 2022 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (93% of 1887 reviews).

9
playing now
93%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (197 ratings)
7.4h
to beat · rushed 7.4h · completionist 8.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

McPixel 3 is a 2022 puzzle video game developed by Mikołaj "Sos Sosowski" Kamiński and produced by Devolver Digital. It is the sequel to the 2012 game McPixel.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 94 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–85k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$1.99-80%
Fanatical$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Gamesplanet$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 100 of 130 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220222026Week of 2022-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
552Nov 2022Aug 2026Nov 2022 — avg 29 · peak 99Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 28Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 47Jul 2023 — avg 23 · peak 84Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 51Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 29May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 57Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 30 · peak 141Jan 2025 — avg 23 · peak 72Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 65May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 37Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 428Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 9 · peak 30May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.702022-11-142026-10-142022-11-14 — best price $8.992023-01-26 — best price $8.292023-04-20 — best price $9.992023-06-15 — best price $9.992023-08-16 — best price $9.992023-11-13 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-03-05 — best price $1.992024-04-04 — best price $1.992024-05-20 — best price $8.502024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-07-29 — best price $1.992024-09-09 — best price $1.702024-10-16 — best price $1.992024-11-16 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $1.702025-04-17 — best price $1.702025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $1.992025-09-23 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-12-13 — best price $8.502026-02-05 — best price $1.992026-03-30 — best price $1.992026-05-07 — best price $8.502026-06-13 — best price $8.502026-08-06 — best price $1.702026-08-16 — best price $1.992026-08-28 — best price $1.992026-09-07 — best price $1.992026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-09-27 — best price $1.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 8 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 3 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 10 pageviews2026-07-20 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Poop goes ploop!"
20.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)11,19316%93
Steam (Steam)3,69420%93
PS5 (PlayStation)50352%55
PS4 (PlayStation)30658%55
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieCasualComedyPuzzleCartoonyAdventureMinigamesExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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