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The TakeOver

Pelikan13 · 2019-11-09

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

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

Releases: May 19, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 04, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Takeover is a side-scrolling beat'em up inspired by 90's classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. Battle solo or alongside a friend in local co-op while listening to awesome tunes from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and industry legend Yuzo Koshiro!

The TakeOver is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with Very Positive (84% of 1198 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
84%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (655 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The TakeOver is an indie beat 'em up video game developed by Greek developer Pelikan13 and published by Dangen Entertainment. It was released for Windows and MacOS on February 2, 2016 in early access, seeing a full release on November 10, 2019. It was subsequently released for Nintendo Switch on June 4, 2020 and PlayStation 4 on May 20, 2021. The game is a clone of the Streets of Rage series that uses similar gameplay and graphical style, also featuring some music by that series' composer, Yuzo Koshiro. The game received mixed reviews, with some critics bemoaning the writing quality and lack of gameplay polish or online multiplayer, though they agreed it was a worthwhile homage.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,198 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992016-02-032026-07-092016-02-03 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $4.792017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-06-22 — best price $7.992017-11-22 — best price $9.592018-03-16 — best price $14.992018-11-24 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $14.992019-12-19 — best price $13.992020-02-10 — best price $13.992020-05-18 — best price $11.992020-07-23 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $6.992021-01-25 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $7.992021-09-09 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992022-03-21 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $3.992022-10-03 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-05-29 — best price $3.992023-08-14 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992024-01-29 — best price $3.992024-04-01 — best price $2.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-04-01 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-09-14 — best price $3.992025-10-21 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-28 — best price $3.992026-05-27 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113152026-06-01 — 26 pageviews2026-06-05 — 41 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 42 pageviews2026-06-21 — 113 pageviews2026-06-25 — 72 pageviews2026-06-29 — 46 pageviews2026-07-03 — 52 pageviews2026-07-07 — 83 pageviews2026-07-11 — 38 pageviews2026-07-15 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 37 pageviews2026-07-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-31 — 26 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 44 pageviews2026-08-20 — 22 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-28 — 34 pageviews2026-09-01 — 38 pageviews2026-09-05 — 37 pageviews2026-09-09 — 35 pageviews2026-09-13 — 37 pageviews2026-09-17 — 24 pageviews2026-09-21 — 34 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews2026-09-29 — 22 pageviews2026-10-03 — 30 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-10 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
21.1%
earned "Steel Haven Hero"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4836%10
PS4 (PlayStation)4108%10
Switch (Nintendo)790%0

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

Player tags

GoreIndieRetro1990'sActionArcadeCasualClassicViolentFighting

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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