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PAC-MAN 256 cover art

PAC-MAN 256

BANDAI NAMCO Studios Vancouver · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2016-06-21

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Action

Franchise: Pac-Man · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 19, 2015 (Android), Jun 21, 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 21, 2016 (Mac), Jun 21, 2016 (Linux), Jun 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 19, 2015 (iOS)

PAC-MAN 256 is the maze that never ends. But the Glitch is coming for you…

PAC-MAN 256 is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2285 reviews).

8
playing now
92%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (2,730 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Pac-Man 256 is a 2015 endless runner video game developed by Hipster Whale, 3 Sprockets and Bandai Namco Studios Vancouver, and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game is part of the Pac-Man series and is inspired by the original Pac-Man game's infamous Level 256 glitch, as well as Hipster Whale's own game Crossy Road, which previously featured a Pac-Man mode.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,285 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.05 at GamersGate (2017-11-16) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 24 of 38 observed days · $3.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1532026-09-15 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
694Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2016 — avg 13 · peak 59Feb 2017 — avg 69 · peak 185Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 31Oct 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2018 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2018 — avg 9 · peak 19Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2020 — avg 17 · peak 51Oct 2020 — avg 8 · peak 18Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Jun 2021 — avg 16 · peak 38Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 23Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 291Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.66$1.242016-06-202026-10-112016-06-20 — best price $5.662016-08-03 — best price $4.262016-10-25 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $1.992017-04-03 — best price $4.502017-07-06 — best price $1.992017-07-21 — best price $4.992017-10-02 — best price $4.992017-11-30 — best price $4.992018-01-30 — best price $1.992018-04-27 — best price $4.992018-07-13 — best price $1.242018-09-09 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-02-08 — best price $1.992019-03-28 — best price $2.002019-05-26 — best price $4.992019-07-24 — best price $4.492019-09-13 — best price $1.992019-12-09 — best price $4.492020-01-30 — best price $4.942020-04-06 — best price $1.992020-06-15 — best price $4.492020-10-21 — best price $2.502021-03-06 — best price $2.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $1.992023-02-06 — best price $2.492023-11-21 — best price $3.242024-03-18 — best price $3.592024-08-12 — best price $3.592025-01-01 — best price $3.592025-05-21 — best price $2.492025-09-01 — best price $2.012026-01-05 — best price $3.592026-05-25 — best price $3.592026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69332026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 62 pageviews2026-06-18 — 59 pageviews2026-06-22 — 52 pageviews2026-06-26 — 57 pageviews2026-06-30 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 42 pageviews2026-07-08 — 45 pageviews2026-07-12 — 46 pageviews2026-07-16 — 37 pageviews2026-07-20 — 52 pageviews2026-07-24 — 55 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 43 pageviews2026-08-05 — 53 pageviews2026-08-09 — 44 pageviews2026-08-13 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 41 pageviews2026-08-21 — 48 pageviews2026-08-25 — 53 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 59 pageviews2026-09-06 — 52 pageviews2026-09-10 — 54 pageviews2026-09-14 — 56 pageviews2026-09-18 — 57 pageviews2026-09-22 — 36 pageviews2026-09-26 — 33 pageviews2026-09-30 — 56 pageviews2026-10-04 — 39 pageviews2026-10-08 — 62 pageviews2026-10-11 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
46%
earned "Dot Muncher"
13.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,77512%10
Xbox One (Xbox)5,75925%10
PS4 (PlayStation)5,31714%10

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RetroActionArcadeCasualClassicIsometricRogue-likeLocal Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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