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Reflex Arena

Turbo Pixel Studios · 2017-03-08

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Reflex is a competitive Arena FPS that combines modern tech with the speed, precision and freedom of a 90s shooter. If you sunk countless hours into the Quake or Unreal series, Reflex will feel like a welcome return of the old school shooter feel.

Reflex Arena is an Action, Indie, Free To Play game released in 2017, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, priced at free-to-play, with a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1585 reviews).

2
playing now
85%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Reflex Arena is a first-person arena shooter video game, developed by Turbo Pixel Studios and released onto Steam's Early Access program on 4 November 2014, and launched out of Early Access on 8 March 2017. It is an arena FPS that is heavily influenced by the Challenge ProMode Arena mod for Quake III Arena. Players must navigate arena-like levels and fight other players using a focused set of situational weapons. Reflex uses an engine built from scratch specifically for the arena FPS genre and features many skill-based movement features, including strafe-jumping, rocket-jumping, and multi-jumping.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 188% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
761Nov 2014Apr 2026Nov 2014 — avg 48 · peak 169Mar 2015 — avg 26 · peak 59Jul 2015 — avg 30 · peak 148Nov 2015 — avg 27 · peak 80Mar 2016 — avg 30 · peak 72Jul 2016 — avg 36 · peak 85Nov 2016 — avg 28 · peak 72Mar 2017 — avg 76 · peak 228Jul 2017 — avg 20 · peak 60Nov 2017 — avg 16 · peak 40Mar 2018 — avg 14 · peak 42Jul 2018 — avg 9 · peak 31Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 28Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 20Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 26Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 22Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 22Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012026-04-022015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-05-14 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $4.992015-07-18 — best price $4.992015-10-24 — best price $7.492015-11-25 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-07-07 — best price $9.992016-07-09 — best price $9.992016-07-13 — best price $29.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-03-09 — best price $8.492017-04-28 — best price $8.002017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-01-28 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-02 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-05-29 — 2 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 3 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 3 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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Player tags

FPSIndieActionRobotsShooterFast-PacedCompetitiveMultiplayerEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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