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Potatoman Seeks the Troof

Pixeljam · Akupara Games · 2014-12-03

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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 862 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 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 11% of 50,072 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 862 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 10 of 22 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

202026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
820Nov 2014Mar 2026Nov 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2015 — avg 14 · peak 190Aug 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2016 — avg 11 · peak 25May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 13Feb 2017 — avg 12 · peak 48May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2017 — avg 14 · peak 684Feb 2018 — avg 10 · peak 553May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 304Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 245Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 22Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 6 · peak 22Oct 2022 — avg 55 · peak 997Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 16May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 30 · peak 268Mar 2026 — avg 71 · peak 649

▼ −3 avg players (−4.5%) vs prior month — Mar 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.592015-01-012026-09-292015-01-01 — 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 $3.992026-09-29 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-06-02 — 2 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1 pageviews2026-06-10 — 2 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 0 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-12 — 0 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 0 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 0 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 2 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-12-03 (Steam store data)

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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