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The Adventure Pals cover art

The Adventure Pals

Massive Monster · Armor Games Studios · 2018-04-03

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 03, 2018 (Mac), Apr 03, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 03, 2018 (Xbox One)

The Adventure Pals is an epic adventure platformer fueled by imagination, friendship, and the dark side of hot dogs. Your dad has been dadnapped and you, your pet rock, and a tongue-helicoptering giraffe must fight your way through levels filled with platforming, bizarre enemies, and big bosses to save the world!

The Adventure Pals is a 2018 Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $2.39, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1,984 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-02

2
playing now
92%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (67 downloads)
4.53★
PlayStation Store rating (555 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.39
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Adventure Pals is a platformer video game developed by Massive Monster, being the first game developed by the firm. It was released on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on April 3, 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–120k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,993 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.39-84%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-12-10) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 38 of 75 observed days · $1.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020182026Week of 2018-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
600Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 35 · peak 148Aug 2018 — avg 10 · peak 27Nov 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Feb 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2019 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 60 · peak 328Nov 2019 — avg 27 · peak 91Feb 2020 — avg 23 · peak 57May 2020 — avg 20 · peak 41Aug 2020 — avg 18 · peak 37Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 36Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29May 2021 — avg 11 · peak 25Aug 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 59Nov 2022 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.002018-04-042026-10-152018-04-04 — best price $14.992018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-05-30 — best price $10.492019-09-18 — best price $5.992019-12-09 — best price $5.242020-04-01 — best price $3.742020-08-14 — best price $3.742021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-02-24 — best price $13.392021-03-25 — best price $5.992021-04-21 — best price $14.992021-06-12 — best price $11.012021-08-24 — best price $5.092021-10-22 — best price $13.392021-11-30 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $7.492022-02-28 — best price $3.742022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $3.742023-05-05 — best price $3.742023-08-18 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-01-25 — best price $5.992024-04-25 — best price $5.992024-09-26 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992026-01-22 — best price $4.942026-07-09 — best price $2.392026-09-01 — best price $2.392026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-08-01 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 20 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-21 — 15 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 4 pageviews2026-09-10 — 8 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 12 pageviews2026-09-26 — 13 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 9 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews2026-10-11 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "First Pal"
23.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportRemote Play on Phone

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,48613%31
Xbox One (Xbox)90418%31
Switch (Nintendo)380%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteCo-opFunnyIndieActionColorfulAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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