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Shift Happens

Klonk Games · Daedalic Entertainment · 2017-02-22

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Feb 22, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 10, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 22, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Shift Happens is a cooperative platformer for two. You and a friend shift your mass, throw each other and puzzle your way through four stages of stylized imaginary worlds. Including the occasional backstabbing and taunting. Play with a friend on a couch, online or even special singleplayer levels.

Shift Happens is an Action and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (77% of 4384 reviews).

18
playing now
77%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Shift Happens trailer thumbnail

Shift Happens | Release Trailer | Xbox One, PS4 and PC | Out Now

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 147 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,712 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 110k–263k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,384 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.59-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.98 at Gamer Thor (2024-11-09) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 113 of 167 observed days · $0.61 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20720720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5012026-09-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 36 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3000Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 10Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 21Dec 2017 — avg 11 · peak 42Apr 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2018 — avg 6 · peak 32Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 19Dec 2019 — avg 7 · peak 28Apr 2020 — avg 5 · peak 24Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 20Dec 2020 — avg 8 · peak 38Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 26Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 39Dec 2021 — avg 75 · peak 253Apr 2022 — avg 101 · peak 516Aug 2022 — avg 83 · peak 880Dec 2022 — avg 62 · peak 300Apr 2023 — avg 38 · peak 186Aug 2023 — avg 99 · peak 907Dec 2023 — avg 64 · peak 208Apr 2024 — avg 46 · peak 250Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 108Dec 2024 — avg 51 · peak 193Apr 2025 — avg 49 · peak 216Aug 2025 — avg 45 · peak 314Dec 2025 — avg 42 · peak 182Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 76Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 78
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$0.982015-09-092026-10-132015-09-09 — best price $12.592017-11-16 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992021-08-03 — best price $14.992021-11-10 — best price $1.192021-12-31 — best price $14.992022-02-21 — best price $1.492022-04-22 — best price $1.502022-06-18 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $1.492022-11-01 — best price $1.192023-01-10 — best price $10.492023-03-06 — best price $15.992023-05-22 — best price $1.592023-08-01 — best price $1.592023-10-23 — best price $15.992023-12-22 — best price $1.592024-02-19 — best price $1.602024-04-18 — best price $1.442024-05-28 — best price $1.592024-07-25 — best price $9.492024-09-21 — best price $15.992024-10-25 — best price $1.462024-11-22 — best price $1.592025-02-03 — best price $11.752025-04-28 — best price $1.602025-07-11 — best price $1.602025-08-24 — best price $15.992025-10-07 — best price $1.592025-11-20 — best price $1.382026-01-08 — best price $15.512026-03-12 — best price $1.402026-05-08 — best price $1.592026-06-29 — best price $15.992026-08-03 — best price $1.512026-10-13 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
35.3%
earned "Two blobs one lab"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

9 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Thai

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,8612%31
Xbox One (Xbox)2972%31
PS4 (PlayStation)1783%32
Switch (Nintendo)1190%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2.5DCo-opFunnyIndieActionPuzzleControllerPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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