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Skeleton Boomerang cover art

Skeleton Boomerang

Skeleboom Project · Artisano · 2017-07-31

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Skeleton Boomerang is a platformer where the hero, Hunter, must use an enchanted boomerang to put an end to an army of bony soldiers led by the voodoo master Mr. Saturday. Get high scores, collect upgrades, find secrets, and overcome many skeletal challenges!

96%
positive of 185 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 8h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 21,755 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 185 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2023-10-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 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 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.192017-08-022026-07-092017-08-02 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-08-08 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-08-15 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-08 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-01 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-01 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
72.7%
earned "Blast from the Past"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-05-01 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DIndieActionPlatformerPixel GraphicsGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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