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PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cover art

PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate

Double Eleven · 2013-08-26

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Aug 26, 2013 (Mac), Aug 26, 2013 (Linux), Aug 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate is a 2013 Strategy game priced at $1.09, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1316 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

6
playing now
81%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.09
steam price (US)

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

PixelJunk Monsters is a tower defense video game developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. The second game in the PixelJunk series, it was originally released in Japan on December 6, 2007 and worldwide by Sony Computer Entertainment on the PlayStation Store on January 24, 2008. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable under the title PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 53k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,316 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Gamesrocket (2015-12-25) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 53 of 61 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2152026-09-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
696Aug 2013Aug 2026Aug 2013 — avg 69 · peak 127Dec 2013 — avg 29 · peak 71Apr 2014 — avg 24 · peak 69Aug 2014 — avg 16 · peak 35Dec 2014 — avg 42 · peak 100Apr 2015 — avg 17 · peak 47Aug 2015 — avg 15 · peak 35Dec 2015 — avg 29 · peak 59Apr 2016 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2016 — avg 14 · peak 35Dec 2016 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2017 — avg 11 · peak 32Aug 2017 — avg 11 · peak 25Dec 2017 — avg 14 · peak 30Apr 2018 — avg 13 · peak 32Aug 2018 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 30Dec 2019 — avg 8 · peak 21Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2020 — avg 9 · peak 29Dec 2020 — avg 11 · peak 31Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 25Dec 2021 — avg 13 · peak 42Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 185Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 30Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 27Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2025 — avg 10 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 26Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.942015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.002015-02-06 — best price $4.952015-03-24 — best price $8.492015-05-08 — best price $2.492015-06-23 — best price $9.992015-09-08 — best price $0.992015-11-23 — best price $9.992015-12-27 — best price $8.492016-07-26 — best price $9.572016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $1.492018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-04-28 — best price $9.992020-06-10 — best price $8.892020-07-14 — best price $8.892020-08-06 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $9.992020-10-03 — best price $9.992020-11-23 — best price $9.992020-12-20 — best price $9.992021-01-21 — best price $8.892021-02-12 — best price $7.162021-03-11 — best price $8.892021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-05-02 — best price $8.892021-05-25 — best price $9.992021-07-09 — best price $8.892021-12-11 — best price $9.992022-05-26 — best price $8.892024-03-04 — best price $1.492025-01-12 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $1.092026-09-22 — best price $7.992026-10-07 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86152026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 41 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-24 — 18 pageviews2026-07-28 — 29 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 29 pageviews2026-08-13 — 34 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 28 pageviews2026-08-29 — 36 pageviews2026-09-02 — 41 pageviews2026-09-06 — 40 pageviews2026-09-10 — 34 pageviews2026-09-14 — 38 pageviews2026-09-18 — 22 pageviews2026-09-22 — 24 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 27 pageviews2026-10-04 — 21 pageviews2026-10-08 — 19 pageviews2026-10-12 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
39.1%
earned "Somewhere Over The Rainbow"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieStrategyControllerLocal Co-OpMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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