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Super Crate Box cover art

Super Crate Box

Vlambeer · 2012-08-29

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 01, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 19, 2012 (iOS), Oct 22, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 26, 2010 (Mac), Oct 03, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 04, 2013 (Ouya)

Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.

Super Crate Box is a 2012 Action, Indie, Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 6444 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Super Crate Box is a shoot 'em up and indie game by Vlambeer. It was first released for Microsoft Windows on 22 October 2010, and was followed with ports to Mac OS X on 26 November 2010, to iOS on 4 January 2012, and to PlayStation Vita on 3 October 2012. A Commodore 64 demake of the game was developed by Paul Koller, with music by Mikkel Hastrup, and published by RGCD as Super Bread Box on 22 October 2013.

Trailer

Super Crate Box trailer thumbnail

Super Crate Box - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈428,505 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-16 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-player

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeShooterAddictiveDifficultGameMakerFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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