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Snowball! cover art

Snowball!

Pixeljam · Akupara Games · 2016-12-16

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 19, 2017 (Wii U), Dec 16, 2016 (Mac), Dec 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Roll behemoth snow spheres through a handcrafted world of winter pinball surprises. Discover hidden mechanics to chain huge score combos and master the maze while enjoying the 16-bit pixel art and a 'chilled-out' soundtrack.

Snowball! is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $3.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (88% of 194 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 194 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.8k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 194 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.44 at GamersGate (2023-04-20) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 21 of 39 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Dec 2016Dec 2020Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$3.99$0.442015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $1.002017-11-01 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $2.992018-08-30 — best price $2.692018-12-03 — best price $0.742019-03-04 — best price $2.992019-08-01 — best price $1.202019-11-28 — best price $2.002020-02-27 — best price $0.762020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-09-15 — best price $0.562020-11-25 — best price $1.192021-02-17 — best price $0.602021-05-15 — best price $2.992021-07-22 — best price $0.552021-11-16 — best price $2.992022-01-24 — best price $1.602022-04-28 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $0.552022-10-31 — best price $0.892023-01-18 — best price $2.992023-04-10 — best price $2.992023-06-29 — best price $0.592023-09-18 — best price $0.552023-12-07 — best price $2.992024-02-15 — best price $0.772024-05-16 — best price $0.682024-07-26 — best price $2.002024-10-21 — best price $2.992024-12-16 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-07-28 — best price $3.992025-11-04 — best price $3.992026-01-12 — best price $2.672026-06-12 — best price $3.992026-08-26 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
42.6%
earned "Spawn Shop"
22.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteSnowIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualPinballPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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