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Super Meat Boy

Team Meat · 2010-11-30

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

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)

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

149
playing now
94%
positive of 39k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (838 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

149 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 149 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 2% of 18,161 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 39,093 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.39-84%
Microsoft Store$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

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 23 of 36 observed days · $1.65 above the all-time low (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

164492026-08-06 21:00 — 121 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 93 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 66 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 107 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 83 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 88 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 124 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 126 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 74 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 55 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 86 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 140 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 57 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 62 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 101 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 118 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 87 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 145 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 121 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 88 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 164 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 125 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 149 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.87$0.742015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-01-27 — best price $3.742015-04-13 — best price $11.992015-05-28 — best price $16.872015-07-07 — best price $14.992015-07-30 — best price $2.992015-10-22 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-04-10 — best price $3.112016-07-21 — best price $3.752016-10-30 — best price $1.492017-02-27 — best price $14.992017-06-19 — best price $3.452017-09-07 — best price $7.492017-12-18 — best price $3.752018-04-21 — best price $3.672018-07-10 — best price $10.712018-08-23 — best price $3.372018-09-12 — best price $14.992018-10-04 — best price $2.972018-11-30 — best price $14.992019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-05-10 — best price $5.992019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $6.742020-02-14 — best price $15.162020-06-25 — best price $2.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-09-09 — best price $2.992021-12-20 — best price $1.492022-03-12 — best price $14.332022-07-28 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-11-03 — best price $3.742024-02-11 — best price $10.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-07-15 — best price $2.242026-08-29 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8002412026-05-31 — 352 pageviews2026-06-03 — 341 pageviews2026-06-06 — 318 pageviews2026-06-09 — 272 pageviews2026-06-12 — 259 pageviews2026-06-15 — 290 pageviews2026-06-18 — 289 pageviews2026-06-21 — 253 pageviews2026-06-24 — 281 pageviews2026-06-27 — 364 pageviews2026-06-30 — 334 pageviews2026-07-03 — 370 pageviews2026-07-06 — 359 pageviews2026-07-09 — 378 pageviews2026-07-12 — 375 pageviews2026-07-15 — 291 pageviews2026-07-18 — 287 pageviews2026-07-21 — 305 pageviews2026-07-24 — 289 pageviews2026-07-27 — 333 pageviews2026-07-30 — 269 pageviews2026-08-02 — 256 pageviews2026-08-05 — 257 pageviews2026-08-08 — 463 pageviews2026-08-11 — 581 pageviews2026-08-14 — 291 pageviews2026-08-17 — 287 pageviews2026-08-20 — 278 pageviews2026-08-23 — 287 pageviews2026-08-26 — 316 pageviews2026-08-28 — 291 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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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