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POPUCOM

Hypergryph · GRYPHLINE · 2025-06-01

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureCasual

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 03, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), TBD (PlayStation 5), Jun 01, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Venture together with your friends on an unknown planet. Use color switching, match-3 shooting, and artifact powers to overcome challenges and keep advancing. What lies ahead of you is an adventure filled with wonder, hope, and much more to discover!

POPUCOM is a $19.99 Action, Adventure, and Casual game released in 2025, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 4,230 reviews).

122
playing now
87%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

POPUCOM trailer thumbnail

Popucom - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,722 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 122 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,497 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 85k–190k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,230 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20252026Week of 2025-06-02: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 189 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

15102026-09-15 15:00 — 64 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 120 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 79 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 78 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 46 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 51 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 65 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 61 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 151 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k54Jun 2025Aug 2026Jun 2025 — avg 1,650 · peak 15,322Jul 2025 — avg 350 · peak 1,923Aug 2025 — avg 179 · peak 772Sep 2025 — avg 109 · peak 526Oct 2025 — avg 124 · peak 586Nov 2025 — avg 81 · peak 424Dec 2025 — avg 151 · peak 837Jan 2026 — avg 117 · peak 555Feb 2026 — avg 117 · peak 425Mar 2026 — avg 74 · peak 347Apr 2026 — avg 63 · peak 313May 2026 — avg 60 · peak 349Jun 2026 — avg 66 · peak 364Jul 2026 — avg 82 · peak 378Aug 2026 — avg 54 · peak 186
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$12.992025-05-232026-07-092025-05-23 — best price $17.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-07-22 — best price $17.992025-07-28 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-09-30 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $19.992025-12-09 — best price $15.992025-12-16 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-03-20 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
78.3%
earned "Finally a Place to Shop"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-06-02, latest 2025-12-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3157%35
Switch (Nintendo)770%0

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

3DCo-opFunnyActionCasualPuzzleMatch 3ShooterCartoonyAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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