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Snowball! cover art

Snowball!

Pixeljam · Akupara Games · 2016-12-16

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 191 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 59% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 191 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 25 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Player tags

2DCuteSnowIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualPinballPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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