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SHOOPER NOVA

Jamesika · Gamersky Games · 2025-04-02

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!

SHOOPER NOVA is an Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 651 reviews).

3
playing now
85%
positive of 661 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
−61% · $2.72
was $6.99
steam price (US) · on sale

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (204 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 661 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.72 at Steam (2026-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16116120252026Week of 2025-04-03: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2912026-09-15 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24210Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 242 · peak 1,237May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 131Jun 2025 — avg 41 · peak 148Jul 2025 — avg 30 · peak 93Aug 2025 — avg 19 · peak 69Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 46Oct 2025 — avg 13 · peak 41Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 38Dec 2025 — avg 38 · peak 140Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 67Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 95Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 55Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 55May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 51Jun 2026 — avg 14 · peak 39Jul 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$2.722025-04-032026-09-292025-04-03 — best price $5.592025-04-16 — best price $6.992025-06-02 — best price $5.242025-06-16 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $4.892025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-07-17 — best price $4.892025-07-31 — best price $6.992025-09-15 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-29 — best price $4.542025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-03 — best price $3.492025-12-17 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-02-12 — best price $2.792026-02-26 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $2.792026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-21 — best price $2.722026-05-05 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $2.792026-06-22 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $2.792026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-07-25 — best price $2.722026-08-08 — best price $6.992026-09-29 — best price $2.72
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94%
earned "Fully Armed"
43.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3314%66

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

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionArcadeCasualSci-fiStrategyTop-DownRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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