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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Drinkbox Studios · 2012-08-15

SteamGOGXbox

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 15, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 18, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Aug 15, 2012 (Linux), Aug 15, 2012 (Mac), Feb 21, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), May 10, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is an Action and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (92% of 1091 reviews).

6
playing now
92%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling platform video game, released on February 21, 2012, as a launch title of the PlayStation Vita. It was developed and published by DrinkBox Studios. It is the sequel to Tales from Space: About a Blob. Mutant Blobs Attack was later released for Microsoft Windows computers, with versions for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 released in June 2014.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 124 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 103% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,091 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$2.34-77%
Steam$2.49-75%
WinGameStore$2.49-75%
GamersGate$2.50-75%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2018-03-30) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 130 observed days · $1.55 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1202026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.452015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-12-12 — best price $1.992016-11-01 — best price $7.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992018-11-06 — best price $7.992019-09-25 — best price $3.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-08-03 — best price $2.492020-11-03 — best price $9.992020-12-06 — best price $9.992021-01-20 — best price $9.992021-02-21 — best price $8.992021-03-23 — best price $8.992021-04-27 — best price $8.992021-05-27 — best price $8.992021-10-07 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $3.492023-06-13 — best price $7.342023-10-25 — best price $3.492024-02-13 — best price $8.992024-06-06 — best price $8.992024-09-28 — best price $2.492025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-04 — best price $8.992025-08-25 — best price $2.492025-10-27 — best price $2.492026-01-08 — best price $5.792026-04-15 — best price $2.492026-06-24 — best price $7.772026-08-28 — best price $2.252026-09-17 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $2.34
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2872026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 17 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 28 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 20 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 14 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 14 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 11 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 14 pageviews2026-09-22 — 19 pageviews2026-09-26 — 15 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
69.8%
earned "Amuse-Bouche"
21.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS Vita (PlayStation)22,45723%14
Steam (Steam)5,22910%14
PS3 (PlayStation)1,53620%14
Xbox 360 (Xbox)92629%14

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroActionPuzzlePhysicsAdventurePlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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