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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

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…

3
playing now
92%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 57k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,280 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 27 of 36 observed days · $3.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1822026-08-11 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.66$1.242016-06-202026-08-302016-06-20 — 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 $3.592026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

Player tags

RetroActionArcadeCasualClassicIsometricRogue-likeLocal Co-OpMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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