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Primitive Shooter cover art

Primitive Shooter

Primitive Studio · Conglomerate 5 · 2018-02-07

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 07, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Primitive Shooter - an interesting and exciting game, made in a minimalist style! Take on the role of the main character, shoot out from enemies, set new records and all this under pleasant music!

0
playing now
76%
positive of 104 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 68% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620182026Week of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.282018-02-092026-07-272018-02-09 — best price $0.592018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-05 — best price $0.492019-01-07 — best price $0.492019-04-26 — best price $0.992019-09-05 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $0.992020-01-05 — best price $1.992020-05-25 — best price $1.072020-08-10 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.542021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-11-24 — best price $0.542022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.492022-09-12 — best price $0.992022-11-22 — best price $0.492023-02-06 — best price $0.992023-05-08 — best price $0.282023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-13 — best price $0.552024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $0.552024-06-03 — best price $1.992024-09-16 — best price $0.552024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-03-03 — best price $0.552025-04-21 — best price $1.992025-07-28 — best price $0.552025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.552026-03-16 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieRetroActionCasualShooterStrategyMinimalistOld SchoolTop-Down Shooter

Census log

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

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