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Dumb ****ing Horse · Scarecrow Arts · 2020-08-12

Steam

ActionCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 12, 2020 (Mac), Aug 12, 2020 (Linux), Aug 12, 2019 (Web browser)

You've been playing Nintendo DS for too long and you realize there's only 5 days left to meet your animation deadline; use the paddles to bounce the Z's away long enough to stay awake and finish!

0
playing now
89%
positive of 73 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120202026Week of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
29.7%
earned "Snap A Pic!"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedColor AlternativesKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputTouch Only OptionSteam Cloud1 DLC

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeCasualCartoonCartoonyColorfulStylizedSurvival

Census log

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

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