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Pool Panic cover art

Pool Panic

Rekim · 2018-07-19

Steam

ActionAdventureSports

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

Releases: Jul 19, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Pool Panic is an unconventional billiards game with something new around every corner. It's the world's least realistic pool simulator!

Pool Panic is an Action, Adventure and Sports game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 406 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
77%
positive of 406 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
23h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (23 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 406 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.69 at Steam (2026-05-31) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.692018-07-092026-06-142018-07-09 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $9.892018-11-08 — best price $9.892018-11-21 — best price $9.892018-12-20 — best price $7.492019-01-10 — best price $9.892019-02-04 — best price $5.092019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-10-10 — best price $7.492019-11-27 — best price $5.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-03-20 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-11-13 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $10.492021-12-22 — best price $8.992022-01-07 — best price $8.242022-06-23 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $3.442023-12-21 — best price $3.442025-02-10 — best price $2.992025-04-17 — best price $3.742025-12-24 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-31 — best price $2.692026-06-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
61.8%
earned "Pool Pro"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8031%32
Switch (Nintendo)430%0

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

Player tags

PoolFunnyActionPuzzleSportsSurrealAdventure4 Player LocalLocal Multiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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