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Ponpu cover art

Ponpu

Purple Tree Studio · Silver Lining Interactive · 2020-12-02

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 02, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2020 (Xbox One), Dec 02, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 22, 2024 (iOS), Jan 17, 2024 (Android)

Inspired by the classic gameplay of Bomberman, Ponpu takes the concept in a new direction, adding new mechanics and features while packaging it in super-slick, hand-drawn graphics.

74%
positive of 65 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.36★
PlayStation Store rating (14 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

As a herald of the almighty creator of the Universe – the Duck-God, battle it out with your siblings in an epic quest to save the world from destruction! Once you’re done saving the world, engage in frantic multiplayer in a range of crazy game modes with up to 4 players both offline and online.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 14,700 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 65 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320202025Week of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$1.492020-12-012026-09-132020-12-01 — best price $14.992020-12-10 — best price $14.992020-12-23 — best price $11.212021-01-06 — best price $8.922021-02-23 — best price $14.992021-04-01 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-09-11 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-11 — best price $14.992024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-08-03 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-05-10 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-31 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play Together

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Player tags

PvPFunnyIndiePartyActionArcadeCasualCombatStylizedTop-Down

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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