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Monster Bash HD

Emberheart Games · Apogee Entertainment · 2021-10-29

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 29, 2021 (Linux), Oct 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Apogee's bash'em and smash'em adventure plunges Johnny Dash into the evil Underworld of Count Chuck, when his dog Tex is kidnapped by Count Chuck along with hundreds of other dogs & cats! Guide Johnny through the Count's gruesome schemes, rescue all the pets, and end this nightmare once and for all!

96%
positive of 94 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Help Johnny rescue all the kidnapped pets, especially his beloved dog Tex by fending off more enemy creatures than you can shake a stick at, or in Johnny's case... a slingshot.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 25,734 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at GOG (2025-12-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 42 of 65 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220212026Week of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.492021-10-292026-10-092021-10-29 — best price $7.492022-04-08 — best price $8.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $6.992023-01-03 — best price $4.992023-02-14 — best price $6.992023-05-25 — best price $3.992023-08-07 — best price $3.992023-10-02 — best price $9.992023-11-13 — best price $3.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $2.992024-04-11 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-09-10 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-16 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-05-15 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-08-16 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $1.492026-03-27 — best price $1.492026-05-16 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $1.492026-08-16 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $1.492026-10-03 — best price $1.492026-10-09 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DDog1980sFunnyActionDemonsAdventurePlatformerExplorationShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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