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Trombone Champ cover art

Trombone Champ

Holy Wow Studios LLC · 2022-09-15

SteamAmazon

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 23, 2023 (Mac), Sep 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Honk, blow, & toot your way through over 60 songs, collect all 50 unique Tromboner Cards, and uncover the mysteries of the Trombiverse. Do you have what it takes to become the true Trombone Champ?

Trombone Champ is a 2022 Casual and Indie game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 11,246 reviews).

49
playing now
98%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Trombone Champ is a 2022 rhythm video game developed and published by American studio Holy Wow Studios. Similar in gameplay to rhythm game titles Guitar Hero and Wii Music, players are tasked with timing their input to music note prompts as they appear on screen, with greater accuracy yielding more points and a higher score. The debut indie title reached widespread popularity on Steam after becoming an Internet meme. It was nominated for the British Academy Games Award for Debut Game, as well as Family Game of the Year during the 26th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

Trailer

Trombone Champ trailer thumbnail

Trombone Champ Announcement Trailer

≈372,809 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 637 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,790 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 225k–506k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,246 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,773 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

115172026-09-14 21:00 — 33 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 31 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 37 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 42 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 47 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 40 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 75 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 106 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 43 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 50 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 115 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 41 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 49 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38423Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 384 · peak 1,064Nov 2022 — avg 179 · peak 318Jan 2023 — avg 114 · peak 301Mar 2023 — avg 74 · peak 218May 2023 — avg 72 · peak 142Jul 2023 — avg 66 · peak 170Sep 2023 — avg 39 · peak 89Nov 2023 — avg 52 · peak 146Jan 2024 — avg 60 · peak 165Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 157May 2024 — avg 52 · peak 283Jul 2024 — avg 55 · peak 119Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 122Nov 2024 — avg 36 · peak 150Jan 2025 — avg 40 · peak 97Mar 2025 — avg 37 · peak 105May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 89Jul 2025 — avg 249 · peak 1,086Sep 2025 — avg 47 · peak 133Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 155Jan 2026 — avg 70 · peak 197Mar 2026 — avg 54 · peak 198May 2026 — avg 37 · peak 78Jul 2026 — avg 82 · peak 262Aug 2026 — avg 63 · peak 169
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.492022-09-162026-08-202022-09-16 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $11.242023-02-25 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $8.992023-08-18 — best price $8.992023-09-01 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-05-03 — best price $5.992024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $5.242024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $5.242024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-20 — best price $5.242025-01-23 — best price $5.242025-03-13 — best price $5.242025-05-29 — best price $5.242025-06-27 — best price $5.242025-10-01 — best price $5.242025-12-18 — best price $5.242026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-06-25 — best price $4.492026-08-20 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64162026-05-29 — 36 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 28 pageviews2026-06-10 — 48 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 34 pageviews2026-06-26 — 50 pageviews2026-06-30 — 47 pageviews2026-07-04 — 47 pageviews2026-07-08 — 41 pageviews2026-07-12 — 51 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-20 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 60 pageviews2026-08-25 — 31 pageviews2026-08-29 — 47 pageviews2026-09-02 — 40 pageviews2026-09-06 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 30 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 44 pageviews2026-09-22 — 31 pageviews2026-09-26 — 50 pageviews2026-09-30 — 22 pageviews2026-10-04 — 29 pageviews2026-10-07 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
66.4%
earned "S Apprentice"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily SharingSteam Timeline5 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2023-01-11, latest 2025-12-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,69311%25
Switch (Nintendo)6330%0
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)27317%30

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

3DCuteFunnyMemesMusicCasualComedyRhythmSatireCartoon

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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