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Trombone Champ cover art

Trombone Champ

Holy Wow Studios LLC · 2022-09-15

SteamAmazon

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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?

57
playing now
98%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 57 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 3% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 224k–504k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,211 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 9 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

127272026-08-07 00:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 46 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 81 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 43 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 78 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 100 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 83 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 75 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 92 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 89 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-01 — 62 pageviews2026-06-04 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 35 pageviews2026-06-10 — 48 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 34 pageviews2026-06-25 — 39 pageviews2026-06-28 — 57 pageviews2026-07-01 — 41 pageviews2026-07-04 — 47 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 41 pageviews2026-07-13 — 39 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 34 pageviews2026-07-22 — 51 pageviews2026-07-25 — 39 pageviews2026-07-28 — 43 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 43 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 48 pageviews2026-08-15 — 44 pageviews2026-08-18 — 29 pageviews2026-08-21 — 60 pageviews2026-08-24 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

312026-08-27 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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.

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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