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Thumper cover art

Thumper

Drool · 2016-10-10

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 18, 2016 (Oculus Rift), Oct 10, 2016 (PlayStation VR), TBD (PlayStation VR2), Oct 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 21, 2019 (Meta Quest 2), Aug 18, 2017 (Xbox One)

Thumper is rhythm violence: classic rhythm-action, blistering speed, and brutal physicality. You are a space beetle. Brave the hellish void and confront a maniacal giant head from the future.

Thumper is a $19.99 Action and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 4406 reviews).

1
playing now
92%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (91 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (8,035 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Thumper is a rhythm game developed and published by Drool and released in October 2016 on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, with optional virtual reality (VR) support for the Oculus, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR headsets. It was later released on the Nintendo Switch in May 2017, the Xbox One in August 2017, iOS in January 2018, Oculus Go in September 2018, Android in February 2019, Oculus Quest in May 2019, and Stadia in November 2019. The game was shown at the Experimental Game Workshop during the 2015 Game Developers Conference.

Trailer

Thumper trailer thumbnail

Thumper (2017) | Official Trailer HD

≈803,344 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 111k–265k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,423 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1712026-09-14 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
670Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2016 — avg 33 · peak 84Mar 2017 — avg 21 · peak 61Jul 2017 — avg 29 · peak 106Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 48Mar 2018 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2018 — avg 17 · peak 58Nov 2018 — avg 14 · peak 50Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 55Jul 2019 — avg 23 · peak 142Nov 2019 — avg 13 · peak 54Mar 2020 — avg 11 · peak 35Jul 2020 — avg 13 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 33Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32Nov 2022 — avg 9 · peak 32Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 6 · 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

$19.99$3.992016-10-112026-10-102016-10-11 — best price $19.992017-02-08 — best price $19.992017-05-29 — best price $19.992017-09-18 — best price $19.992018-01-25 — best price $19.992018-08-14 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992019-01-14 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-02-13 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $5.992020-11-03 — best price $5.992021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-05-07 — best price $19.992021-08-31 — best price $19.992021-11-30 — best price $19.992022-04-11 — best price $6.992022-07-18 — best price $5.992022-11-14 — best price $19.992023-02-13 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-05-23 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $5.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-04-09 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $6.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

39122026-06-01 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 29 pageviews2026-07-03 — 21 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 16 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 17 pageviews2026-09-05 — 20 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 38 pageviews2026-09-21 — 36 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 26 pageviews2026-10-03 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 28 pageviews2026-10-10 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned "Level 1"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-10-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)23,2145%19
Steam (Steam)10,1674%19
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2,8533%19
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)2,27011%19
Switch (Nintendo)1840%0

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

VRDarkIndieMusicActionArcadeHorrorRhythmDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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