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Spectacular Sparky

FreakZone Games · Nicalis, Inc. · 2021-10-20

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!

88%
positive of 194 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 113% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 20,505 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9k–8.7k copies

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

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620212026Week of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

6
achievements tracked
60.6%
earned "Beef Stroganoff"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

FunnyRetroSpaceActionComedySci-fiShooterColorfulControllerOld School

Census log

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

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