The Game Census
Pester cover art

Pester

Flump Studios · Funbox Media Ltd · 2015-08-21

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A blast from Flump Studios past! Pester was released on Xbox live indies back in early 2013 and was Flump Studios first game developed for public release. A remake of one of my early C64 games, Pester is a very fast paced and busy retro vertical shooter.

2
playing now
54%
positive of 121 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.79
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 59% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 121 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.79-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.19 at Nuuvem (2019-09-04) · bundled 18×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 14 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

16902026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 169 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 117 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.00$0.192015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-12-22 — best price $0.422016-03-14 — best price $0.992016-07-05 — best price $0.992016-10-18 — best price $2.572016-12-20 — best price $0.492017-03-13 — best price $0.502017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-11-01 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-06-21 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.842019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-04-11 — best price $0.492019-08-13 — best price $99.002019-11-08 — best price $0.492019-12-16 — best price $0.392020-03-16 — best price $0.492020-10-29 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-03-12 — best price $0.272021-08-27 — best price $0.892022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-05-10 — best price $0.992022-07-11 — best price $0.512022-09-22 — best price $0.382022-12-19 — best price $0.992023-02-28 — best price $0.992023-05-15 — best price $0.992023-08-02 — best price $0.992024-07-26 — best price $0.202024-10-08 — best price $0.592024-12-05 — best price $0.992025-02-24 — best price $0.992025-04-08 — best price $0.992025-07-11 — best price $0.992025-10-01 — best price $0.252026-01-06 — best price $0.992026-03-30 — best price $0.792026-08-24 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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