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Pongo cover art

Pongo

Drixy Games · Plug In Digital · 2015-05-11

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 11, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pongo is a 3D action platformer that combines pogo stick jumps with strategic FPS combat. Grab your Pongo, a tool usable as either a pogo stick or a gun, and traverse the vast islands of Flubber.

Pongo is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 654 reviews).

3
playing now
66%
positive of 654 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–39k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 654 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.06 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 62 of 81 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1050May 2015Jun 2026May 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2015 — avg 6 · peak 709Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 35Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 140Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 97Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21Dec 2021 — avg 15 · peak 173Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2022 — avg 37 · peak 801Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 27Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 336Apr 2023 — avg 35 · peak 2,298Jul 2023 — avg 105 · peak 484Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 100Nov 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2025 — avg 1 · peak 33Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.79$0.072015-05-112026-08-212015-05-11 — best price $6.792016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-06-17 — best price $0.492017-03-20 — best price $2.502017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-07-18 — best price $0.502019-11-28 — best price $0.492020-06-06 — best price $0.992020-07-16 — best price $0.502020-09-26 — best price $0.722020-11-02 — best price $0.492021-01-08 — best price $0.742021-02-20 — best price $0.992021-04-05 — best price $0.792021-05-04 — best price $0.992021-06-03 — best price $0.992021-09-01 — best price $0.492022-01-06 — best price $0.992022-04-21 — best price $0.752022-07-08 — best price $0.402022-10-03 — best price $0.992023-01-19 — best price $0.992023-03-24 — best price $0.992023-06-01 — best price $0.992023-08-17 — best price $0.272023-10-17 — best price $0.772023-12-30 — best price $0.992024-03-12 — best price $0.772024-05-27 — best price $0.992024-08-05 — best price $0.112024-11-01 — best price $0.492025-01-21 — best price $0.992025-04-04 — best price $0.152025-07-02 — best price $0.102025-09-08 — best price $0.092025-11-29 — best price $0.772026-02-03 — best price $0.102026-04-10 — best price $0.122026-07-16 — best price $0.992026-08-21 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
9.6%
earned "First Death"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,89610%8

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

Player tags

FPSIndieActionCasualStrategyAdventurePlatformerFirst-Person3D Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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