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Super Meat Boy

Team Meat · 2010-11-30

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 06, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Jan 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 30, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 13, 2011 (Linux), May 12, 2016 (Wii U), TBD (Wii)

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Super Meat Boy is a 2010 Indie game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (94% of 39177 reviews).

55
playing now
94%
positive of 39k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (838 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (32,787 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 96% recommend · from 25 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Super Meat Boy is a 2010 platformer game developed and published by American indie studio Team Meat. It was designed by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes as the successor to Meat Boy, a 2008 Flash game designed by McMillen and Jonathan McEntee. In the game, the player controls Meat Boy, a red, cube-shaped character, as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend, Bandage Girl, from the game's antagonist Dr. Fetus. The gameplay is characterized by fine control and split-second timing, as the player runs and jumps through over 300 hazardous levels while avoiding obstacles. The game also supports the creation of player-created levels. Super Meat Boy was first released on the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade in October 2010, and was later ported to Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, and the Nintendo Switch. A Wii version was in development but was ultimately cancelled.

Trailer

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Super Meat Boy Official Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,948 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~369/week).
  • · Review velocity up 163% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.6M–3.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 39,177 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.39-84%
Microsoft Store$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2014-12-25) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 30 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
59759720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

140302026-09-15 11:00 — 54 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 52 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 72 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 108 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 75 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 42 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 90 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 68 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 51 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 74 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 63 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 140 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 40 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 81 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 112 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 71 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 85 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 112 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 56 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
48041Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 441 · peak 1,269Dec 2012 — avg 235 · peak 793May 2013 — avg 128 · peak 262Oct 2013 — avg 115 · peak 257Mar 2014 — avg 117 · peak 251Aug 2014 — avg 144 · peak 253Jan 2015 — avg 307 · peak 971Jun 2015 — avg 352 · peak 1,600Nov 2015 — avg 184 · peak 498Apr 2016 — avg 107 · peak 216Sep 2016 — avg 93 · peak 197Feb 2017 — avg 118 · peak 241Jul 2017 — avg 152 · peak 296Dec 2017 — avg 154 · peak 430May 2018 — avg 70 · peak 147Oct 2018 — avg 121 · peak 895Mar 2019 — avg 61 · peak 128Aug 2019 — avg 53 · peak 108Jan 2020 — avg 71 · peak 170Jun 2020 — avg 64 · peak 162Nov 2020 — avg 89 · peak 239Apr 2021 — avg 52 · peak 100Sep 2021 — avg 43 · peak 79Feb 2022 — avg 63 · peak 134Jul 2022 — avg 49 · peak 87Dec 2022 — avg 79 · peak 186May 2023 — avg 79 · peak 158Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 110Mar 2024 — avg 94 · peak 219Aug 2024 — avg 66 · peak 132Jan 2025 — avg 82 · peak 192Jun 2025 — avg 145 · peak 503Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 116Apr 2026 — avg 259 · peak 834Aug 2026 — avg 98 · peak 203
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.87$0.742015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-02-17 — best price $3.742015-05-15 — best price $15.972015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-07-30 — best price $2.992015-11-10 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-06-24 — best price $14.702016-10-30 — best price $1.492017-03-29 — best price $4.802017-08-14 — best price $3.242017-11-27 — best price $2.882018-04-21 — best price $3.672018-07-18 — best price $1.502018-09-04 — best price $3.742018-09-25 — best price $14.992018-11-30 — best price $14.992019-04-01 — best price $2.902019-07-09 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-02-14 — best price $15.162020-10-19 — best price $11.842021-05-02 — best price $15.622021-12-09 — best price $0.742022-03-12 — best price $14.332022-10-18 — best price $1.492023-04-10 — best price $14.992024-01-10 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-05-18 — best price $1.192026-08-28 — best price $2.392026-10-10 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8002202026-05-31 — 352 pageviews2026-06-04 — 285 pageviews2026-06-08 — 284 pageviews2026-06-12 — 259 pageviews2026-06-16 — 273 pageviews2026-06-20 — 267 pageviews2026-06-24 — 281 pageviews2026-06-28 — 361 pageviews2026-07-02 — 414 pageviews2026-07-06 — 359 pageviews2026-07-10 — 330 pageviews2026-07-14 — 316 pageviews2026-07-18 — 287 pageviews2026-07-22 — 336 pageviews2026-07-26 — 296 pageviews2026-07-30 — 269 pageviews2026-08-03 — 277 pageviews2026-08-07 — 254 pageviews2026-08-11 — 581 pageviews2026-08-15 — 340 pageviews2026-08-19 — 291 pageviews2026-08-23 — 287 pageviews2026-08-27 — 261 pageviews2026-08-31 — 304 pageviews2026-09-04 — 272 pageviews2026-09-08 — 349 pageviews2026-09-12 — 240 pageviews2026-09-16 — 246 pageviews2026-09-20 — 313 pageviews2026-09-24 — 290 pageviews2026-09-28 — 371 pageviews2026-10-02 — 312 pageviews2026-10-06 — 312 pageviews2026-10-10 — 220 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
67.6%
earned "Nostalgia "
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-10-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)94,0781%48
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)56,7722%24
Xbox 360 (Xbox)42,6783%12
Switch (Nintendo)5150%0
Switch (Nintendo)120%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

2DGoreIndieRetroActionDifficultControllerFast-PacedPlatformerUnforgiving

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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