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Pure Pool

VooFoo Studios · Ripstone · 2014-07-31

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

CasualSimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 31, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2014 (Xbox One), Jul 29, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Nov 17, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

Get ready for the most authentic Pool experience you’ve ever witnessed from the comfort of your couch!

Pure Pool is a 2014 Casual, Simulation, and Sports game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 789 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

7
playing now
58%
positive of 789 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (14,288 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Pure Pool is a pool video game by British developer VooFoo Studios in association with Ripstone Games for the PlayStation 4 and PC platforms. It was released on the PlayStation Store in North America on 29 July 2014 and Europe on 30 July 2014, with a physical edition of the PS4 version also being published by System 3 under their Play It label. The Microsoft Windows version was released worldwide via Steam on 30 July 2014. An Xbox One version was later released via the ID@Xbox self-publishing initiative on 14 November 2014. The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on November 17, 2020. A sequel, Pure Pool Pro, was announced as in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Steam, and Epic Games Store on 17 April 2025.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,643 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 789 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 32 of 61 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2202026-09-15 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
132Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 50Dec 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2015 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2017 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2019 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2020 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 22Apr 2022 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $9.592015-07-23 — best price $12.992016-04-04 — best price $6.492016-07-04 — best price $12.992017-01-26 — best price $12.992017-07-17 — best price $12.992017-11-28 — best price $12.992018-04-20 — best price $12.992018-08-30 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $3.992019-05-10 — best price $0.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-03-25 — best price $8.992020-06-30 — best price $1.502020-09-12 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-25 — best price $1.872021-10-19 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $2.622022-03-08 — best price $9.992022-07-08 — best price $9.992022-11-30 — best price $9.992023-05-15 — best price $3.492023-09-26 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $3.492024-08-19 — best price $3.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-27 — best price $3.492025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-12-16 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-04 — best price $3.492026-08-18 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $1.992026-10-13 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 2 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 3 pageviews2026-08-17 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 4 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
56.9%
earned "Can I Have My Ball Back?"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-07-31, latest 2015-10-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)27,2790%52
Xbox One (Xbox)5,5190%51
Steam (Steam)9100%51
Switch (Nintendo)480%0

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

Player tags

PoolCasualSportsSnookerSimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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