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The Maw cover art

The Maw

Twisted Pixel Games · 2009-03-09

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 09, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 21, 2009 (Xbox 360)

The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 383 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

The Maw is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. A port for Microsoft Windows developed by Hothead Games was released the same year. The game centers on the extraterrestrial pair Frank and The Maw, a purple, amorphous creature, whose spacecraft crashed on an alien planet. The player assumes the role of Frank and directs The Maw—which can take on the abilities of objects and fauna it consumes—via a leash.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 49% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 383 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2016-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-11-25 — best price $1.992016-02-05 — best price $1.992016-11-23 — best price $0.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-02-04 — best price $2.492019-11-26 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-04-06 — best price $9.992020-07-23 — best price $2.492020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-04-08 — best price $2.492021-11-24 — best price $2.492022-01-27 — best price $2.492022-06-09 — best price $2.492022-09-13 — best price $2.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-05-04 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-02-13 — best price $9.992024-04-25 — best price $3.292024-06-27 — best price $3.292024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-20 — best price $2.792025-04-24 — best price $2.492025-06-27 — best price $2.492025-11-21 — best price $1.992026-01-21 — best price $1.992026-04-16 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-08-27 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3162026-05-28 — 20 pageviews2026-05-31 — 28 pageviews2026-06-03 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-12 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-21 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-06 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 11 pageviews2026-07-21 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 19 pageviews2026-07-27 — 15 pageviews2026-07-30 — 18 pageviews2026-08-02 — 13 pageviews2026-08-05 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 18 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 23 pageviews2026-08-17 — 26 pageviews2026-08-20 — 16 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
87.2%
earned "All Growed Up"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)24,46612%15
Steam (Steam)3,2998%15

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieActionAliensCasualComedyPuzzleAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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