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Mr. Sun's Hatbox cover art

Mr. Sun's Hatbox

Kenny Sun · Raw Fury · 2023-04-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 20, 2023 (Mac), Apr 20, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mr Sun’s Hatbox is a slapstick, roguelite platformer about getting the job done at all costs. Upgrade your HQ, your team, and your tools so you can take on increasingly dangerous (and ridiculous) missions, wearing hats with amazing (or questionable) potential.

Mr. Sun's Hatbox is an Action and Indie game released in 2023 for $4.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 517 reviews).

3
playing now
85%
positive of 522 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Mr. Sun's Hatbox is a 2023 roguelike platformer video game developed by Kenny Sun and published by Raw Fury Games.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (131 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 522 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.37 at GameBillet (2026-03-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 61 of 91 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11011020232026Week of 2023-04-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
843Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 84 · peak 160May 2023 — avg 30 · peak 96Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Sep 2023 — avg 22 · peak 159Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 75Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 8Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.192023-04-202026-08-232023-04-20 — best price $13.492023-09-16 — best price $14.992023-10-18 — best price $13.042023-12-11 — best price $10.492024-01-31 — best price $13.482024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-06-01 — best price $14.992024-07-05 — best price $7.392024-08-06 — best price $10.992024-08-24 — best price $7.322024-09-10 — best price $12.742024-09-29 — best price $7.252024-11-03 — best price $14.992024-11-21 — best price $5.962024-12-01 — best price $5.942024-12-14 — best price $12.742024-12-27 — best price $6.712025-01-06 — best price $14.242025-03-16 — best price $12.742025-04-02 — best price $14.992025-05-22 — best price $5.762025-07-17 — best price $11.502025-08-27 — best price $14.992025-10-19 — best price $13.392025-12-02 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $4.222026-02-21 — best price $14.992026-04-05 — best price $14.992026-04-23 — best price $4.372026-06-06 — best price $11.502026-07-10 — best price $4.492026-07-27 — best price $12.422026-08-23 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-05-29 — 5 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 2 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 0 pageviews2026-08-29 — 2 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 0 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1 pageviews2026-10-01 — 1 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
61.5%
earned "Avenged"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions available1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-04-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6682%54
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

RPGFunnyActionComedyShooterStealthTacticalAdventureRogue-liteStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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