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Potatoman Seeks the Troof cover art

Potatoman Seeks the Troof

Pixeljam · Akupara Games · 2014-12-03

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2015 (iOS), Jan 20, 2013 (Mac), May 28, 2013 (Linux), 2013 (Ouya)

Test both mind, body and spirit in this surreal bullet hell platformer. Plum the depths of your potato-consciousness to overcome impossible challenges in search of the elusive, tantalizing TROOF.

Potatoman Seeks the Troof is an Indie game released in 2014, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 859 reviews).

0
playing now
74%
positive of 859 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Potatoman Seeks the Troof is a humorous and philosophical 2012 Flash platformer from American game developer PixelJAM Games. It was included as one of 7 "Digital Select" titles for the IndieCade independent games festival in 2013 and received an honorable mention at the Independent Games Festival 2014. The protagonist of the game—a potato—solves puzzles while roaming through desert wastelands, thick forests and dystopian cities. An updated version of the game was re-released on Steam in 2014. The game was also released on the iPhone in 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 859 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2016-11-23) · bundled 20×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek 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 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.592015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-07-06 — best price $1.352016-02-06 — best price $1.352016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-10-15 — best price $1.002017-01-26 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $3.992018-02-12 — best price $3.992018-08-20 — best price $3.992019-01-04 — best price $3.992019-05-06 — best price $3.992019-08-12 — best price $3.992019-11-12 — best price $3.992020-01-20 — best price $3.992020-04-29 — best price $1.352020-07-09 — best price $3.992020-11-02 — best price $3.992021-01-13 — best price $1.352021-05-05 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $1.352022-01-10 — best price $0.792022-04-04 — best price $1.192022-06-23 — best price $0.592022-09-26 — best price $0.992022-12-05 — best price $0.992023-02-15 — best price $0.992023-05-23 — best price $3.992023-08-18 — best price $0.992023-12-04 — best price $1.352024-04-08 — best price $1.192024-09-09 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $0.792025-04-14 — best price $3.992025-09-08 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-04-29 — best price $3.992026-08-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

2
achievements tracked
9.8%
earned "Semi-Enlightenment"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,36460%2

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMemesRetroShortActionComedySurrealAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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