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Troublemaker cover art

Troublemaker

Gamecom Team · indie.io · 2023-03-31

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Grab a backpack, boxing tape, and focus on what high school is all about: Beating the ever loving crap out of one another! Troublemaker blends favorite action-adventure-beat-'em-up elements from the strongest traditions in the genre.

6
playing now
87%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 57 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (505 reviews).
  • · Top 33% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,147 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.25-74%
GOG$6.99-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.60 at Fortuna Digital (2026-06-29) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 137 of 180 observed days · $2.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
46246220232026Week of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-12 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.422023-03-202026-08-302023-03-20 — best price $19.992023-05-25 — best price $19.992023-07-25 — best price $17.772023-09-10 — best price $19.992023-10-19 — best price $14.692023-11-17 — best price $13.882023-12-11 — best price $10.992024-01-26 — best price $19.992024-02-25 — best price $9.992024-03-23 — best price $19.992024-04-17 — best price $9.982024-05-16 — best price $19.992024-06-11 — best price $16.952024-07-15 — best price $9.992024-08-10 — best price $15.082024-09-10 — best price $9.802024-10-13 — best price $19.992024-11-22 — best price $7.492024-12-20 — best price $7.492025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-03-01 — best price $13.942025-04-07 — best price $7.492025-05-09 — best price $6.402025-06-28 — best price $6.202025-08-06 — best price $7.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-10-22 — best price $7.902025-11-19 — best price $7.992025-12-14 — best price $19.992026-01-21 — best price $19.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $6.992026-04-28 — best price $6.282026-05-21 — best price $6.002026-06-16 — best price $14.972026-07-16 — best price $6.992026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
83.5%
earned "Troublemaker"
44.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4488%25
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

3DJRPGFightingStrategyAdventureEducation3D FighterAction RPGSimulationBeat 'em up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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