The Game Census
SMACKHEAD cover art

SMACKHEAD

· Displacement Studios · 2017-12-13

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2017 (Linux)

Can you complete all the levels of SMACKHEAD to escape from this strange dream and grab the ultimate completion achievement?

36%
positive of 94 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 300% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 23,285 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-51%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 2 of 3 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.99$0.492017-12-142026-10-012017-12-14 — best price $0.992018-01-30 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-04-10 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-10-01 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionCasualSimulation

Census log

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

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