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Platypus cover art

Platypus

Anthony Flack · Claymatic Games · 2014-08-15

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 14, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 17, 2006 (PlayStation Portable), Nov 24, 2009 (Xbox 360)

The vast continent-spanning city of Collosatropolis has finally reached the limits of its expansion. Tall buildings cover every available space. The air is thick with smoke and poisonous chemicals. Parking is a nightmare

2
playing now
91%
positive of 579 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Platypus is a horizontal scrolling shooter game created, designed and programmed by Anthony Flack, produced by George Bray, with additional programming by Michael W. Boeh. The objective is to guide an antique spacecraft by utilizing the mouse in order to avoid and attempt to shoot enemies.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 579 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.52 at GamersGate (2019-10-07) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 16 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.35$0.522015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $1.742015-03-23 — best price $6.992015-06-22 — best price $6.992015-08-22 — best price $1.742015-11-13 — best price $1.392015-12-22 — best price $0.982016-02-22 — best price $6.992016-04-11 — best price $4.992016-06-30 — best price $6.992016-09-09 — best price $6.292016-11-22 — best price $2.372016-12-22 — best price $2.372017-02-08 — best price $6.992017-05-29 — best price $1.742017-08-22 — best price $6.992017-11-30 — best price $1.392018-02-12 — best price $1.402018-05-07 — best price $1.392018-07-06 — best price $6.992018-10-25 — best price $8.352019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-02-05 — best price $0.692019-05-20 — best price $0.692019-08-19 — best price $0.692019-11-08 — best price $0.702019-12-23 — best price $6.992020-03-02 — best price $0.522020-07-15 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

Co-opRetroActionArcadeBullet HellLocal Co-OpShoot 'Em UpSingleplayerSide ScrollerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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