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Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan cover art

Sydney Hunter and the Curse of the Mayan

CollectorVision Games · 2019-09-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 11, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 06, 2024 (Xbox One), Sep 11, 2019 (Mac)

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

87%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (35 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 18,678 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2026-07-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.992019-09-122026-09-242019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-11-27 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-03-29 — best price $9.992020-08-15 — best price $3.992020-09-01 — best price $2.492020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-01-01 — best price $3.492021-02-15 — best price $2.992021-03-15 — best price $9.992021-07-12 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-01-31 — best price $9.992022-03-31 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-10-30 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-05-22 — best price $9.992023-09-18 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-30 — best price $9.992025-11-02 — best price $4.992026-01-12 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeComedyAdventureOld SchoolPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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