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Party Animals

Recreate Games · Source Technology · 2023-09-20

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 20, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

Fight your friends as puppies, kittens and other fuzzy creatures in PARTY ANIMALS! Paw it out with your friends remotely, or huddle together for chaotic fun on the same screen. Interact with the world under our realistic physics engine. Did I mention PUPPIES?

Party Animals is a 2023 Action, Casual, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (80% of 79121 reviews) sentiment.

2,593
playing now
80%
positive of 80k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (5,516 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 71% recommend · from 35 critics
5h
to beat · rushed 17h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,593 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Party Animals is a multiplayer physics-based brawler/party video game developed by Recreate Games and published by Source Technology. The game was released for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on September 20, 2023. A PlayStation 5 port was released on January 23, 2025.

Trailer

Party Animals trailer thumbnail

Party Animals 2023 Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,593 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,219 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~652/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.6M–3.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 79,825 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.00 at GreenManGaming (2024-09-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 25 observed days · $10.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.0k9.0k20232026Week of 2023-09-01: 8,977 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4,913 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5,025 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,608 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5,756 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 561 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,212 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,492 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 295 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,256 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,040 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 957 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 720 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 772 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,060 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,569 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,377 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,069 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 758 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 931 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,541 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 615 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,467 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k1.6k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,891 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 2,382 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 3,330 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 7,499 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4,813 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,618 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 6,372 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 8,435 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 2,906 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9,604 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 9,930 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,560 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 6,518 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11,436 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,644 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 6,120 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 11,365 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,935 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,046 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 8,630 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 2,591 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,916 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 5,298 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 2,593 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23k2.5kSep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 22,770 · peak 57,806Oct 2023 — avg 12,021 · peak 36,143Nov 2023 — avg 4,542 · peak 14,943Dec 2023 — avg 5,016 · peak 13,235Jan 2024 — avg 3,797 · peak 9,837Feb 2024 — avg 4,579 · peak 10,223Mar 2024 — avg 3,070 · peak 8,673Apr 2024 — avg 2,955 · peak 8,801May 2024 — avg 2,644 · peak 7,454Jun 2024 — avg 2,485 · peak 7,481Jul 2024 — avg 3,113 · peak 8,256Aug 2024 — avg 2,619 · peak 6,162Sep 2024 — avg 4,462 · peak 26,304Oct 2024 — avg 6,512 · peak 23,478Nov 2024 — avg 3,512 · peak 10,815Dec 2024 — avg 3,225 · peak 12,252Jan 2025 — avg 3,950 · peak 14,839Feb 2025 — avg 4,926 · peak 15,337Mar 2025 — avg 3,107 · peak 10,502Apr 2025 — avg 2,555 · peak 8,370May 2025 — avg 2,473 · peak 8,982Jun 2025 — avg 3,321 · peak 11,511Jul 2025 — avg 4,115 · peak 11,624Aug 2025 — avg 3,585 · peak 10,093Sep 2025 — avg 6,179 · peak 34,554Oct 2025 — avg 11,505 · peak 31,118Nov 2025 — avg 7,730 · peak 23,741Dec 2025 — avg 6,713 · peak 29,571Jan 2026 — avg 6,193 · peak 20,150Feb 2026 — avg 5,373 · peak 13,489Mar 2026 — avg 4,252 · peak 11,739Apr 2026 — avg 3,177 · peak 8,866May 2026 — avg 2,954 · peak 8,370Jun 2026 — avg 3,111 · peak 8,573Jul 2026 — avg 3,868 · peak 10,791Aug 2026 — avg 3,576 · peak 8,225
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
60602026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 60 new positive2026-09-21: 21 new negative2026-09-22: 17 new positive2026-09-22: 11 new negative2026-09-23: 20 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new negative2026-09-24: 36 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 30 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 43 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 29 new positive2026-09-27: 10 new negative2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 8 new negative2026-10-01: 14 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 17 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 56 new positive2026-10-04: 9 new negative2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 21 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-08: 19 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new negative2026-10-11: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 22 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 12 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.002023-08-232026-10-142023-08-23 — best price $19.992024-02-07 — best price $15.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-03 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-07-31 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $13.992024-09-27 — best price $9.002024-11-01 — best price $13.992024-11-17 — best price $19.992024-12-03 — best price $13.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-20 — best price $13.992025-02-17 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-04-01 — best price $13.992025-06-05 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $13.992025-09-27 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $11.992025-12-02 — best price $19.992026-01-20 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-29 — best price $13.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

662602026-05-29 — 119 pageviews2026-06-02 — 115 pageviews2026-06-06 — 108 pageviews2026-06-10 — 75 pageviews2026-06-14 — 123 pageviews2026-06-18 — 116 pageviews2026-06-22 — 76 pageviews2026-06-26 — 234 pageviews2026-06-30 — 96 pageviews2026-07-04 — 119 pageviews2026-07-08 — 106 pageviews2026-07-12 — 85 pageviews2026-07-16 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 92 pageviews2026-07-28 — 662 pageviews2026-08-01 — 175 pageviews2026-08-05 — 110 pageviews2026-08-09 — 103 pageviews2026-08-13 — 89 pageviews2026-08-17 — 72 pageviews2026-08-21 — 71 pageviews2026-08-25 — 86 pageviews2026-08-29 — 83 pageviews2026-09-02 — 76 pageviews2026-09-06 — 89 pageviews2026-09-10 — 81 pageviews2026-09-14 — 85 pageviews2026-09-18 — 69 pageviews2026-09-22 — 89 pageviews2026-09-26 — 111 pageviews2026-09-30 — 87 pageviews2026-10-04 — 90 pageviews2026-10-07 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

53812026-10-01 10:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 129 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 230 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 327 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 143 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 348 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 178 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 72 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
63.4%
earned "Welcome To The Party"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-09-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)37,9260%116
Steam (Steam)23,4330%116
Xbox 360 (Xbox)19,5839%50
PS5 (PlayStation)3,4751%28

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

PvPCuteCo-opFunnyPartyActionCasualPhysicsFightingParty Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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