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Shatter cover art

Shatter

Sidhe · PikPok · 2010-03-15

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Mar 15, 2010 (Linux), Mar 15, 2010 (Mac), Jul 23, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Mar 15, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Shatter is a 2010 Action and Indie game priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 1338 reviews).

1
playing now
93%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
3h
to beat · completionist 6.5h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Shatter is an action video game developed and published by Sidhe. The game was released on July 23, 2009 for PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network, on March 15, 2010 for Microsoft Windows, on September 18, 2012 for OS X, and on March 14, 2013 for Linux. A remastered version developed by Sidhe's successor PikPok and published by Netflix was released for iOS and Android via Netflix Games on March 23, 2022. A version of the mobile remaster published by PikPok, subtitled Remastered Deluxe, was released on November 2, 2022 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 54k–108k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,344 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-12-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
601Jul 2012Feb 2026Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2012 — avg 12 · peak 35Mar 2013 — avg 7 · peak 26Jul 2013 — avg 6 · peak 20Nov 2013 — avg 6 · peak 60Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2014 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2014 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 4Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $1.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $3.392021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-05-17 — best price $1.992024-10-14 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-02-24 — best price $1.992026-03-30 — best price $0.792026-06-08 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $0.792026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2132026-05-31 — 12 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-06 — 10 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 21 pageviews2026-08-31 — 18 pageviews2026-09-04 — 8 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 7 pageviews2026-09-28 — 8 pageviews2026-10-02 — 10 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
86.4%
earned "Shardenfreude"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-07-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)26,9613%18
Steam (Steam)19,1751%30
PS5 (PlayStation)7132%31
PS4 (PlayStation)1522%31

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieSpaceActionArcadeCasualRhythmSci-fiStylizedFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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