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Platypus cover art

Platypus

Anthony Flack · Claymatic Games · 2014-08-15

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

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

Platypus is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 579 reviews).

1
playing now
91%
positive of 579 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–35k copies

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

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

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9002026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 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

54132026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 54 pageviews2026-06-08 — 30 pageviews2026-06-12 — 28 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-20 — 21 pageviews2026-06-24 — 21 pageviews2026-06-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 24 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-14 — 34 pageviews2026-07-18 — 32 pageviews2026-07-22 — 28 pageviews2026-07-26 — 25 pageviews2026-07-30 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 31 pageviews2026-08-11 — 31 pageviews2026-08-15 — 27 pageviews2026-08-19 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-27 — 23 pageviews2026-08-31 — 13 pageviews2026-09-04 — 27 pageviews2026-09-08 — 31 pageviews2026-09-12 — 24 pageviews2026-09-16 — 31 pageviews2026-09-20 — 29 pageviews2026-09-24 — 25 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 30 pageviews2026-10-06 — 20 pageviews2026-10-10 — 40 pageviews
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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