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Poppy Playtime

Mob Entertainment · 2021-10-12

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ActionAdventureIndie

Franchise: Poppy Playtime · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 15, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Feb 25, 2022 (Android), Mar 08, 2022 (iOS), Dec 20, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

You must stay alive in this horror/puzzle adventure. Try to survive the vengeful toys waiting for you in the abandoned toy factory. Use your GrabPack to hack electrical circuits or nab anything from afar. Explore the mysterious facility... and don't get caught.

879
playing now
88%
positive of 142k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
33
twitch viewers (latest)
66/100
IGDB user rating (88 ratings)
3.7h
to beat · rushed 5.5h · completionist 6.5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

879 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Poppy Playtime is an episodic puzzle survival horror video game series first developed and published in October 2021 by American indie developer Mob Entertainment. The game is set in an abandoned factory owned by the fictional toy company Playtime Co. The player controls a former employee who receives a letter inviting them back to the factory years after the company's staff disappeared without a trace.

Trailer

Poppy Playtime trailer thumbnail

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1 - Official Game Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 879 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39,477 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4,935/week).
  • · Review velocity up 304% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-10-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13k13k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 2,920 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,819 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 487 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,300 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 505 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,615 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,184 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,265 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10,762 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,265 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,432 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 915 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 571 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,496 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 470 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 934 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 800 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,141 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,323 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,075 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,201 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9,590 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 862 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3,784 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,132 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,078 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,019 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,182 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,799 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8,937 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,019 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,412 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 675 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,211 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,650 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,072 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12,994 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 979 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11,514 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 658 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,899 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,093 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,392 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,540 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,068 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 92 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k02026-08-06 21:00 — 909 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 605 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,101 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 999 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 720 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,121 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,122 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 795 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,260 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,125 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 654 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,104 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 949 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 558 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,089 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 870 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 552 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,102 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,174 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 521 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 873 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,011 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 727 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 995 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 593 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 764 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,102 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 879 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

4.1k9682026-05-29 — 2,217 pageviews2026-06-01 — 2,150 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,906 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,908 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,562 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,698 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,721 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,562 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,649 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,529 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,379 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,308 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,276 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,233 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,395 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,663 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,548 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,538 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1,434 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,565 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,233 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1,252 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1,147 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,589 pageviews2026-08-12 — 968 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,105 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,030 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,074 pageviews2026-08-24 — 972 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,125 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

41k32026-08-17 03:12 — 2,237 viewers2026-08-18 20:12 — 8,478 viewers2026-08-19 21:12 — 8,833 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 40,459 viewers2026-08-27 13:12 — 38,616 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 38,386 viewers2026-08-27 16:12 — 32,074 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 27,782 viewers2026-08-27 19:12 — 23,905 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 10:12 — 17,278 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 26,016 viewers2026-08-28 13:12 — 28,282 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 30,198 viewers2026-08-28 16:12 — 28,769 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 201 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 114 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 09:12 — 18,720 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 22,246 viewers2026-08-29 12:12 — 24,196 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 26,780 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 33 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
0.1%
earned "(Chapter 2) Talk to the Hand"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12216%100

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Dark1980sIndieHorrorPuzzleMysterySurvivalThrillerAdventureLore-Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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