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Shooting Saucer cover art

Shooting Saucer

SinksAdventure · 2023-04-06

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A flying saucer chases you all over the galaxy. Run away, defeat enemies, and evolve to avoid getting abducted

91%
positive of 54 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 78% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (25 reviews).
  • · Top 66% of 15,217 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520232026Week of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.992023-04-062026-09-142023-04-06 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-19 — best price $2.492026-04-26 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DSpaceActionAliensLinearShooterCartoonyControllerOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.