The Game Census
Really Big Sky cover art

Really Big Sky

Boss Baddie · Ripstone · 2012-02-24

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 24, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A super fast, twin analogue shooter for the modern age!

Really Big Sky is an Action and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $1.24, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1,890 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
75%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.24
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 76k–151k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,889 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Humble Store (2018-11-15) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 45 of 51 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.592015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-11-13 — best price $2.492016-06-23 — best price $1.992017-02-25 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-04-27 — best price $5.992020-08-01 — best price $4.992020-09-20 — best price $4.992020-11-04 — best price $4.492020-11-26 — best price $3.662020-12-23 — best price $3.662021-01-20 — best price $4.992021-02-12 — best price $4.992021-03-10 — best price $4.992021-04-02 — best price $0.992021-05-07 — best price $4.992021-05-29 — best price $0.992021-08-20 — best price $4.142021-11-28 — best price $4.142022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.792023-06-23 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.742024-04-08 — best price $0.742024-08-03 — best price $3.892025-01-23 — best price $2.992025-08-22 — best price $3.892026-01-22 — best price $1.492026-04-19 — best price $3.662026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
19.8%
earned "MR BLOBBY"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1335%20

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroSpaceActionArcadeShooterBullet HellLocal Co-OpShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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