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Monster Bash

Apogee Software · Apogee Entertainment · 2014-05-05

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 09, 1993 (DOS), May 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2014 (Mac), Oct 04, 2025 (Linux)

Johnny Dash's bash 'em and smash 'em adventure takes him into the evil Under World of Count Chuck. The story starts when Johnny's dog Tex is kidnapped by the Count, along with hundreds of other pet dogs and cats.

Monster Bash is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 75 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Monster Bash is a side-scrolling platform game developed and published by Apogee Software for DOS. The game features 16-color EGA graphics and IMF AdLib compatible music. It was developed by Frank Maddin and Gerald Lindsly.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 27,625 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 70 of 95 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-18 — best price $1.492015-11-11 — best price $1.492016-06-27 — best price $4.992018-04-10 — best price $5.992020-05-27 — best price $2.392021-02-22 — best price $5.992021-11-03 — best price $5.992022-01-24 — best price $1.492022-04-21 — best price $1.992022-09-06 — best price $5.992022-12-12 — best price $0.592023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-08-28 — best price $0.592023-11-29 — best price $5.992024-02-22 — best price $4.992024-05-28 — best price $1.242024-09-10 — best price $1.492024-11-26 — best price $0.842025-02-21 — best price $0.842025-05-20 — best price $0.842025-08-12 — best price $0.842025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-24 — best price $3.742026-03-04 — best price $2.492026-04-24 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.842026-08-29 — best price $2.492026-09-08 — best price $2.492026-09-18 — best price $2.492026-09-28 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3582026-05-31 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-08 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 19 pageviews2026-06-20 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-02 — 21 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 24 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 23 pageviews2026-08-11 — 22 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-19 — 25 pageviews2026-08-23 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 28 pageviews2026-09-08 — 27 pageviews2026-09-12 — 23 pageviews2026-09-16 — 23 pageviews2026-09-20 — 15 pageviews2026-09-24 — 19 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 28 pageviews2026-10-06 — 26 pageviews2026-10-10 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Retro1990'sActionClassicPlatformer

Census log

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

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