The Game Census
Pixel Gladiator cover art

Pixel Gladiator

Flying Islands Team · 2017-09-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 25, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2019 (Xbox One)

Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 455 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 455 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 11 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492016-11-222026-08-302016-11-22 — best price $2.692017-08-08 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $3.492018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-05-21 — best price $1.492018-07-30 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-01-21 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-02 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-04-12 — best price $0.742022-08-18 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $1.242023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-05-08 — best price $0.742023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.842024-06-03 — best price $4.992024-09-30 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-24 — best price $0.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $0.842025-12-18 — best price $0.842026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)4,80656%15
Steam (Steam)64727%10
PS4 (PlayStation)14841%10
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieActionSci-fiSurvivalCyberpunkDifficultPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsGentleMoon 2Medieval Kingdom WarsOctogeddonMy Friend PedroForce of NatureRICODream Alone

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗