The Game Census
Premium Bowling cover art

Premium Bowling

Sadetta · 2019-10-18

Steam

IndieSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 04, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Jun 04, 2020 (Meta Quest 2)

Premium Bowling is as close to real bowling as you'll get without picking up a physical bowling ball. Start the game and play like you're in a real bowling alley. Experience the realism in every throw, every hit, and every strike!

Premium Bowling is an Indie, Simulation, Sports game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 486 reviews).

94%
positive of 488 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 488 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992018-09-262026-08-172018-09-26 — best price $19.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-01-02 — best price $19.992020-04-06 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-15 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Best Game 100"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedPartial Controller Support2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-02-13, latest 2025-11-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4990%99

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

Player tags

VRIndieSportsBowlingSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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