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Trover Saves the Universe cover art

Trover Saves the Universe

Squanch Games, Inc. · 2019-06-04

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 18, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Nov 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 18, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Jun 04, 2019 (Oculus Rift), May 31, 2019 (PlayStation VR), Dec 03, 2019 (Xbox One)

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

6
playing now
91%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Trover Saves the Universe is a 2019 action platform game developed and published by Squanch Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Oculus Quest. Envisioned as a comedy game, the title features an optional virtual reality component. Justin Roiland, who was the founder of Squanch Games and the co-creator of Rick and Morty, provided voice work for many characters in this game. It received generally positive reviews upon release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (690 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 10,830 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 81k–194k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,233 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$5.99-80%
Steam$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.80 at GameBillet (2025-04-17) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 70 of 115 observed days · $1.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
63263220192026Week of 2019-06-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-08-11 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.462019-03-272026-08-292019-03-27 — best price $26.992019-11-22 — best price $20.992020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-12-03 — best price $29.992021-05-20 — best price $10.492021-11-01 — best price $29.992022-04-07 — best price $29.992022-12-22 — best price $22.492023-05-15 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $22.492024-06-01 — best price $28.492024-07-21 — best price $22.042024-09-06 — best price $26.882024-10-30 — best price $7.132024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-09 — best price $29.992025-01-25 — best price $10.202025-03-21 — best price $26.882025-05-08 — best price $29.992025-06-07 — best price $5.232025-06-27 — best price $7.492025-07-28 — best price $22.392025-09-06 — best price $29.992025-10-07 — best price $7.352025-11-24 — best price $22.042026-01-08 — best price $21.412026-02-16 — best price $22.042026-03-14 — best price $21.412026-04-17 — best price $29.992026-05-26 — best price $22.142026-07-27 — best price $29.992026-08-24 — best price $5.992026-08-29 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

121342026-05-31 — 49 pageviews2026-06-03 — 38 pageviews2026-06-06 — 37 pageviews2026-06-09 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 50 pageviews2026-06-15 — 60 pageviews2026-06-18 — 58 pageviews2026-06-21 — 60 pageviews2026-06-24 — 67 pageviews2026-06-27 — 62 pageviews2026-06-30 — 62 pageviews2026-07-03 — 66 pageviews2026-07-06 — 47 pageviews2026-07-09 — 68 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-15 — 66 pageviews2026-07-18 — 54 pageviews2026-07-21 — 49 pageviews2026-07-24 — 56 pageviews2026-07-27 — 90 pageviews2026-07-30 — 121 pageviews2026-08-02 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 68 pageviews2026-08-08 — 51 pageviews2026-08-11 — 64 pageviews2026-08-14 — 56 pageviews2026-08-17 — 66 pageviews2026-08-20 — 63 pageviews2026-08-23 — 62 pageviews2026-08-26 — 70 pageviews2026-08-27 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
81.3%
earned "You Didn't Have To Do That"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,76121%28
Steam (Steam)5,4386%27
Xbox One (Xbox)1,26018%27
Switch (Nintendo)360%0

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

Player tags

VRGoreFunnyIndieActionComedyColorfulAdventureDark HumorPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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