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TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT cover art

TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT

GAME FREAK inc. · SEGA · 2015-07-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2015 (Xbox One), Jul 21, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of PHANTOM. As the National Army struggle to contain the terrifying war machines, they call upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, TEMBO THE BADASS...

0
playing now
75%
positive of 587 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Tembo the Badass Elephant is a 2015 platform video game developed by Game Freak and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on July 21, 2015. The game allows players to play as an elephant called Tembo, who has different abilities to smash through structures and objects, and is on a journey to rescue the metropolis known as the "Shell City" from an invading evil army known as "Phantom".

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 43% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 587 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.56 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-10-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 53 of 83 observed days · $12.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.502015-07-032026-08-302015-07-03 — best price $11.082015-11-18 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $3.742016-05-20 — best price $3.742016-11-25 — best price $3.102017-02-23 — best price $4.492017-06-27 — best price $3.742017-11-04 — best price $3.742018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-07-18 — best price $14.992019-02-08 — best price $14.992019-07-04 — best price $3.742019-11-17 — best price $12.922020-02-06 — best price $12.832020-05-19 — best price $3.752020-07-10 — best price $14.992020-09-11 — best price $14.992020-11-06 — best price $3.352020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-02-07 — best price $13.392021-03-18 — best price $14.992021-04-26 — best price $13.392021-06-07 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $2.982022-07-20 — best price $13.392022-12-08 — best price $14.992023-05-08 — best price $3.162023-09-29 — best price $13.372024-03-07 — best price $3.742024-07-11 — best price $8.992024-10-02 — best price $8.992025-02-03 — best price $13.492025-06-26 — best price $2.532025-10-30 — best price $11.842026-03-04 — best price $12.592026-06-06 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)15,0035%15
PS4 (PlayStation)3,49510%15
Steam (Steam)2,5245%15

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieActionAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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