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Probe cover art

Probe

Nate Bit Games · 2020-04-14

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A challenging 2D block breaker featuring arcade elements and a modern spin on the popular retro games. Destroy data blocks and galactic enemies using only your probe, bullets and power ups but don't lose your ball to the void. Do you have what it takes to reach the end of the universe?

Probe is a $1.99 Action, Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (85% of 27 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.392020-04-142026-07-092020-04-14 — best price $1.792020-06-26 — best price $0.502020-08-24 — best price $0.492020-11-26 — best price $0.502020-12-14 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-03-29 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492021-08-16 — best price $1.992021-11-02 — best price $1.992021-12-13 — best price $0.492022-02-03 — best price $0.492022-03-28 — best price $0.492022-06-06 — best price $1.992022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $0.492022-12-21 — best price $1.992023-03-06 — best price $0.392023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-27 — best price $0.392023-12-23 — best price $0.772024-02-26 — best price $1.992024-06-10 — best price $0.772024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-09-02 — best price $0.772024-10-21 — best price $1.992024-12-20 — best price $0.772025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-09-07 — best price $0.552025-10-06 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.552026-07-09 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97%
earned "Probe"
62.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

28 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-06-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadePuzzleSci-fiShooterColorfulStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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