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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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...

TEMBO THE BADASS ELEPHANT is a 2015 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $14.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 587 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
75%
positive of 587 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (2,111 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

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

Current store prices

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 50 of 82 observed days · $12.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.502015-07-032026-10-112015-07-03 — 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 $8.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

481272026-06-02 — 49 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 41 pageviews2026-06-14 — 53 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 51 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-12 — 49 pageviews2026-07-16 — 72 pageviews2026-07-20 — 87 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 211 pageviews2026-08-01 — 147 pageviews2026-08-05 — 481 pageviews2026-08-09 — 200 pageviews2026-08-13 — 130 pageviews2026-08-17 — 107 pageviews2026-08-21 — 86 pageviews2026-08-25 — 173 pageviews2026-08-29 — 50 pageviews2026-09-02 — 48 pageviews2026-09-06 — 42 pageviews2026-09-10 — 58 pageviews2026-09-14 — 164 pageviews2026-09-18 — 42 pageviews2026-09-22 — 56 pageviews2026-09-26 — 31 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 52 pageviews2026-10-08 — 32 pageviews2026-10-12 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Private"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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