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Pode cover art

Pode

Henchman & Goon · 2020-04-03

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Apr 03, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jun 21, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Friendship is EVERYTHING! Play this award-winning title together with your friends, or switch between characters as your traverse a cute puzzle adventure on your own! Glo & Bulder come together to charm young and adult alike!

Pode is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with Very Positive (90% of 642 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
90%
positive of 642 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.45★
PlayStation Store rating (207 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Pode is a co-operative puzzler by Norwegian indie developer Henchman & Goon. It was released for the Nintendo Switch on June 21, 2018, for the PlayStation 4 on February 19, 2019, and for Microsoft Windows on April 3, 2020. The game was later released for the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on March 13, 2026. The game's story centers around a rock trying to help a fallen star work its way back home.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 642 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2021-03-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920202026Week of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3302026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 15 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 33 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992020-04-032026-07-092020-04-03 — best price $17.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-03-26 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-02-20 — best price $19.992023-05-15 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-25 — best price $9.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $9.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-18 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4442026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 9 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 20 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 18 pageviews2026-07-11 — 44 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 22 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-04 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 22 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 7 pageviews2026-09-29 — 15 pageviews2026-10-03 — 35 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-11 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
60.8%
earned "Hand in Hand"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Danish, Finnish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Norwegian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39819%9
PS4 (PlayStation)32235%9
Switch (Nintendo)460%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)617%10

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

Player tags

CuteCo-opIndieCasualPuzzleAdventureLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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