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Robotex

YFYX GAMES · My Way Games · 2014-11-19

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 18, 2014 (Mac), Nov 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 18, 2014 (Linux)

Life on Earth is unsustainable. Humanity must seek a new home but the only planet found is very hostile. You were sent on a expedition to slay the monsters inhabiting the surface of this planet. In this adventure you end up being the villain. Game contains two basic controls, many puzzles and lots of guns and enemies.

Robotex is a $4.99 Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2014, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (38% of 973 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
38%
positive of 972 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
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.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (120 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 972 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.09 at Steam (2015-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620152026Week of 2015-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2080Nov 2014Jul 2025Nov 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 35Mar 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2015 — avg 4 · peak 26Jul 2015 — avg 12 · peak 60Sep 2015 — avg 15 · peak 71Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 68Jan 2016 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2016 — avg 5 · peak 33May 2016 — avg 5 · peak 54Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 36Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 31Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 39Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 43Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 26Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 24Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 17Jun 2023 — avg 17 · peak 37Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 529Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 75Jan 2025 — avg 208 · peak 1,602Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 198Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 68
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.092015-01-012026-08-032015-01-01 — best price $0.692015-01-26 — best price $0.492015-02-13 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $0.142015-08-24 — best price $0.092015-11-02 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $0.492016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-05-16 — best price $0.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-09-19 — best price $0.492016-11-01 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-01-30 — best price $4.992017-07-10 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992018-12-21 — best price $0.992019-04-15 — best price $4.992023-06-16 — best price $0.492023-07-29 — best price $0.272023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-10-31 — best price $0.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-20 — best price $0.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-17 — best price $29.992024-07-13 — best price $1.492024-09-09 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-05-04 — best price $0.792025-07-24 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $0.792025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-01-17 — best price $0.792026-03-10 — best price $0.492026-05-07 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.542026-08-03 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionCasualAdventurePlatformerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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