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The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time

That Fish · 2026-06-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2021 (Linux), Jul 02, 2021 (Mac)

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is a sandboxy physics game for 1-8 players, with everything from sneaky heists to hilarous stupidity to baking pizzas. With continuous updates, plenty of maps, and hundreds of items, clothes and quests, it has something for everyone.

The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2926 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

The Heists Penguin Heist features a variety of heist locations that all have their unique flair. One heist will have you stealing boats full of fish, another might have you stealing valuable works of art, and yet another may require you to kidnap an prized chef. However, it is the job of a penguin to figure out the way that they want to execute their heist. Loud or silent, lethal or non-lethal - there is no right answer... there is only the way you play! The Base To support all your heists you are provided with a base that exists in the most remote parts of Antarctica. In your base you have t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 130 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 59k–132k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,926 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2026-07-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15415420212026Week of 2021-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3612026-09-15 00:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 28 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
633Jul 2021Aug 2026Jul 2021 — avg 27 · peak 152Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 41Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 26Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 23Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 15 · peak 127Jul 2022 — avg 28 · peak 101Sep 2022 — avg 12 · peak 38Nov 2022 — avg 9 · peak 38Jan 2023 — avg 61 · peak 196Mar 2023 — avg 26 · peak 111May 2023 — avg 19 · peak 69Jul 2023 — avg 29 · peak 125Sep 2023 — avg 18 · peak 81Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 48Jan 2024 — avg 26 · peak 95Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 48May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 52Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 31Nov 2024 — avg 21 · peak 62Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 57Mar 2025 — avg 16 · peak 56May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.492021-07-022026-07-282021-07-02 — best price $11.992021-09-23 — best price $10.042021-10-28 — best price $9.892021-11-24 — best price $9.892021-12-22 — best price $9.892022-01-27 — best price $9.892022-04-06 — best price $9.742022-05-29 — best price $9.742022-06-24 — best price $9.742022-12-03 — best price $9.742022-12-23 — best price $9.742023-01-23 — best price $9.742023-03-16 — best price $9.742023-04-21 — best price $9.742023-06-20 — best price $9.742023-06-29 — best price $9.742023-09-11 — best price $9.742023-11-21 — best price $9.742023-12-21 — best price $9.742024-02-03 — best price $9.742024-03-14 — best price $9.742024-06-27 — best price $9.742024-10-15 — best price $9.742024-11-27 — best price $9.742024-12-19 — best price $9.742025-02-07 — best price $9.742025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-04-16 — best price $9.742025-06-26 — best price $9.742025-09-29 — best price $9.742025-12-18 — best price $9.742026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-06-03 — best price $9.742026-07-21 — best price $7.492026-07-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
91.7%
earned "Murder!"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller Support1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-07-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5931%51

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPCo-opFunnyHeistActionComedyPhysicsSandboxCartoonyMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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