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PARTICLE MACE

Andy Makes · 2015-01-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: May 20, 2016 (Mac), May 20, 2016 (iOS), Jan 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A space game about swinging trash into things and dying.

PARTICLE MACE is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1369 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Particle Mace is a 2D space combat game that was released on January 22, 2015, for Windows and Mac OS X, and January 28, 2015, for iOS.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,368 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.19 at Steam (2015-10-12) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620162026Week of 2016-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.00$0.192015-01-012023-07-072015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-28 — best price $8.992015-02-03 — best price $8.992015-06-11 — best price $2.242015-07-11 — best price $8.992015-08-10 — best price $4.992015-09-26 — best price $9.992015-10-29 — best price $0.192015-12-01 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $0.492016-01-29 — best price $20.002016-02-15 — best price $0.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-05-21 — best price $3.992016-07-19 — best price $9.992016-09-19 — best price $9.992016-10-10 — best price $9.992016-10-28 — best price $0.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-01-10 — best price $9.992017-03-30 — best price $0.992017-04-10 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-09-28 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-04-30 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $0.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-05-18 — best price $4.992019-08-05 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-01-16 — best price $4.992023-06-27 — best price $5.002023-07-07 — best price $5.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

402026-05-30 — 0 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-07 — 0 pageviews2026-06-11 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 0 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 0 pageviews2026-07-19 — 0 pageviews2026-07-23 — 0 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 0 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-28 — 2 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 2 pageviews2026-09-09 — 3 pageviews2026-09-13 — 0 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-29 — 0 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-08 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
8.7%
earned "Killed By The Snitch"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-01-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0395%21

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroSpaceActionArcadeCasualAdventureLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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