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ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! cover art

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!

HumaNature Studios · 2019-02-28

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Mar 01, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 01, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 01, 2019 (Mac), Mar 01, 2019 (Xbox One), Mar 01, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! is a mash-up of the very best features of the classic console games with a ton of fresh improvements! Explore Earth as funky aliens from planet Funkotron trying to find your missing ship pieces to get back home in this casual co-op roguelike.

6
playing now
88%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
57/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is the fourth entry in the ToeJam & Earl series of video games. The game was developed by HumaNature Studios, founded by series creator Greg Johnson, and published by the studio on March 1, 2019.

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–68k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,130 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2021-10-15) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-03-012026-08-292019-03-01 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $13.392019-10-28 — best price $12.742019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $9.742020-04-06 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $10.042020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-25 — best price $4.792021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $4.642021-10-18 — best price $14.992022-03-03 — best price $4.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-17 — best price $14.992023-03-08 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $3.742023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $3.442024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-10 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
46%
earned "Food Taster"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3641%49
PS4 (PlayStation)2,0187%49
Xbox One (Xbox)1,3881%48

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnyIndieRetroCasualCartoonyAdventureRogue-likeRogue-liteKickstarter

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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