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Puyo Puyo Champions cover art

Puyo Puyo Champions

Sonic Team · SEGA · 2019-05-06

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Casual

Franchise: Puyo Puyo · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 18, 2019 (Arcade), May 07, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2018 (PlayStation 4), May 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Easy to learn, tough to master! Challenge friends and family in local multiplayer or compete globally via online matchmaking. Built for all ages, this puzzle game comes with a surprisingly competitive edge.

Puyo Puyo Champions is a Casual game released in 2019, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 897 reviews).

92
playing now
80%
positive of 897 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
43/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.23★
PlayStation Store rating (831 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

92 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Puyo Puyo Champions, is a 2018 puzzle video game developed and published by Sega for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and in 2019 for Microsoft Windows.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 92 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (132 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–54k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 897 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 97 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920192026Week of 2019-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek 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: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

129242026-09-15 00:00 — 34 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 48 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 55 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 78 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 72 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 38 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 56 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 92 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 65 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 106 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 38 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 59 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 129 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 41 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 57 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 80 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 76 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 56 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 95 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 92 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10442May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 104 · peak 355Aug 2019 — avg 59 · peak 216Nov 2019 — avg 44 · peak 94Feb 2020 — avg 44 · peak 107May 2020 — avg 69 · peak 167Aug 2020 — avg 62 · peak 149Nov 2020 — avg 54 · peak 122Feb 2021 — avg 57 · peak 128May 2021 — avg 62 · peak 140Aug 2021 — avg 55 · peak 111Nov 2021 — avg 60 · peak 130Feb 2022 — avg 64 · peak 133May 2022 — avg 62 · peak 123Aug 2022 — avg 62 · peak 128Nov 2022 — avg 52 · peak 119Feb 2023 — avg 56 · peak 116May 2023 — avg 59 · peak 121Aug 2023 — avg 52 · peak 99Nov 2023 — avg 49 · peak 88Feb 2024 — avg 58 · peak 106May 2024 — avg 55 · peak 101Aug 2024 — avg 61 · peak 126Nov 2024 — avg 60 · peak 139Feb 2025 — avg 67 · peak 128May 2025 — avg 66 · peak 125Aug 2025 — avg 62 · peak 118Nov 2025 — avg 57 · peak 111Feb 2026 — avg 60 · peak 121May 2026 — avg 60 · peak 181Aug 2026 — avg 58 · peak 117
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.942019-05-032026-10-082019-05-03 — best price $9.992019-12-06 — best price $8.292020-02-20 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-11-13 — best price $8.372021-06-14 — best price $4.992021-12-02 — best price $8.372022-08-19 — best price $2.992022-10-20 — best price $8.992022-12-02 — best price $8.892023-01-20 — best price $2.492023-04-17 — best price $8.892023-06-14 — best price $8.892023-09-13 — best price $8.992023-12-04 — best price $9.992024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-03-26 — best price $8.192024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.242024-08-10 — best price $9.192024-09-26 — best price $9.992024-12-05 — best price $9.192025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $2.232025-06-26 — best price $6.262025-09-18 — best price $6.992025-12-03 — best price $8.792026-02-17 — best price $6.272026-04-03 — best price $8.992026-05-11 — best price $8.892026-06-17 — best price $8.992026-07-26 — best price $8.892026-10-08 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

975112026-05-30 — 25 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 21 pageviews2026-06-11 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-23 — 23 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 18 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 22 pageviews2026-08-02 — 36 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 23 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-22 — 33 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews2026-08-30 — 40 pageviews2026-09-03 — 33 pageviews2026-09-07 — 19 pageviews2026-09-11 — 35 pageviews2026-09-15 — 62 pageviews2026-09-19 — 131 pageviews2026-09-23 — 278 pageviews2026-09-27 — 975 pageviews2026-10-01 — 214 pageviews2026-10-05 — 109 pageviews2026-10-08 — 36 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "Puyo Rookie"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)2,7582%42
PS4 (PlayStation)1,6399%45
Steam (Steam)1,4271%45
Switch (Nintendo)1520%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeArcadeCasualHorrorPuzzleColorfulFightinge-sportsDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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