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Supaplex

InArcade · 2018-05-09

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: 1991 (DOS), 1991 (Amiga)

The legendary game. One of the best action-puzzle games in the world!

Supaplex is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2018 for $7.49, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 301 reviews).

3
playing now
95%
positive of 301 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Supaplex is a video game created by Philip Jespersen and Michael Stopp, two Swiss students, and published by Digital Integration in 1991. It is an extended clone of Boulder Dash.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,080 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.5k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2018-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920182026Week of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
91May 2018Aug 2026May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 23May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 20Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 17Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992018-05-092026-08-242018-05-09 — best price $9.992018-07-11 — best price $4.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $7.492023-10-30 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-05-05 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-10-22 — best price $4.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3172026-06-01 — 17 pageviews2026-06-05 — 18 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-29 — 21 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 19 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 31 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 28 pageviews2026-09-01 — 22 pageviews2026-09-05 — 24 pageviews2026-09-09 — 14 pageviews2026-09-13 — 24 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 27 pageviews2026-09-25 — 20 pageviews2026-09-29 — 16 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 25 pageviews2026-10-11 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
65.2%
earned "Learning curve"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam Cloud

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27710%14
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

IndieRetroActionCasualPuzzlePuzzle-Platformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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