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Struggling cover art

Struggling

Chasing Rats Games · Frontier Foundry · 2020-08-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 08, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 08, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 27, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 27, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Control the arms of a squishy abomination and lead it through a deranged world.

87%
positive of 702 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 15,632 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 702 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.64-69%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.69 at GameBillet (2024-12-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 113 of 156 observed days · $1.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020202026Week of 2020-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.972020-08-272026-09-162020-08-27 — best price $13.492020-12-09 — best price $14.992021-02-23 — best price $14.992021-05-19 — best price $7.492021-08-26 — best price $13.492021-12-02 — best price $14.992022-02-06 — best price $14.992022-04-30 — best price $5.012022-06-24 — best price $6.002022-08-29 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $12.142023-01-20 — best price $4.462023-04-18 — best price $3.692023-07-24 — best price $5.252023-10-30 — best price $5.242024-01-27 — best price $4.242024-04-01 — best price $3.742024-06-20 — best price $5.242024-08-11 — best price $3.922024-09-17 — best price $5.242024-11-25 — best price $5.252024-12-27 — best price $3.182025-01-30 — best price $5.252025-03-01 — best price $4.552025-04-18 — best price $4.152025-05-29 — best price $5.252025-07-17 — best price $5.242025-10-02 — best price $3.952025-11-09 — best price $10.792025-12-23 — best price $2.982026-02-18 — best price $4.932026-04-16 — best price $14.992026-06-02 — best price $14.552026-07-11 — best price $13.492026-08-13 — best price $5.242026-09-16 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
52.6%
earned "It's okay to cry."
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2080%35
Xbox One (Xbox)1772%34
PS4 (PlayStation)653%35
PS4 (PlayStation)593%35
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndiePhysicsCartoonyColorfulAdventurePlatformerDark ComedyLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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