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Splasher

Splashteam · Dear Villagers · 2017-02-07

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 27, 2017 (Xbox One), Sep 26, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 26, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 07, 2017 (Mac), Feb 07, 2017 (Linux)

Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.

Splasher is an Action and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1198 reviews).

2
playing now
93%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (268 ratings)
6.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Splasher is a 2017 platform game developed by Splashteam and published by Dear Villagers. Players control a purple-haired Inkorp employee, who needs to save splashers from the evil Docteur, who wants to do deadly experiments on them. It was released on February 7, 2017, for Linux, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. Ports for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch were released later the same year, which were published by Plug In Digital. The game received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,199 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$1.29-91%
Fanatical$1.34-91%
Humble Store$1.49-90%
IndieGala$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
WinGameStore$1.49-90%
GamersGate$1.50-90%
GreenManGaming$1.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.12 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 162 of 198 observed days · $0.22 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.972015-07-282026-10-142015-07-28 — best price $9.992017-07-10 — best price $14.992017-12-04 — best price $14.992018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-08-23 — best price $8.072018-12-14 — best price $7.502019-06-20 — best price $5.992019-11-10 — best price $5.092020-01-18 — best price $5.092020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-08-12 — best price $11.892020-10-09 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-27 — best price $14.992021-03-28 — best price $11.892021-05-26 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $11.892022-01-10 — best price $3.742022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-11-01 — best price $11.802023-02-20 — best price $14.992023-05-24 — best price $2.402023-09-01 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-22 — best price $2.192024-06-14 — best price $11.492024-09-18 — best price $14.992025-01-15 — best price $14.992025-04-26 — best price $14.992025-08-12 — best price $14.992025-11-14 — best price $1.502026-01-31 — best price $14.992026-04-15 — best price $1.492026-07-11 — best price $12.022026-08-27 — best price $1.492026-10-01 — best price $1.292026-10-14 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 3 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 13 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1 pageviews2026-06-25 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 7 pageviews2026-09-13 — 5 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 5 pageviews2026-10-11 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
81.1%
earned "Just Add Water"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9241%47
PS4 (PlayStation)1,09311%47
Xbox One (Xbox)2672%47
Switch (Nintendo)420%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieActionCartoonDifficultControllerPlatformerSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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