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Typer Shark! Deluxe cover art

Typer Shark! Deluxe

PopCap Games, Inc. · 2006-08-30

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 30, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sink your teeth into an action-packed educational adventure. Hungry sharks and piranhas are on the hunt for food as you SCUBA dive into the deep blue unknown. But if you can type words fast enough, they'll be zapped before they can turn you into lunch.

Typer Shark! Deluxe is a 2006 Casual game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 463 reviews).

13
playing now
88%
positive of 463 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 29,137 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 463 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1862026-09-15 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
254Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 22 · peak 39Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2013 — avg 4 · peak 11Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 13Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 33Jun 2015 — avg 14 · peak 29Nov 2015 — avg 9 · peak 19Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 22Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 15 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 16 · peak 39Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 28May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 21Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 19Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 23Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 26Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 16 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 19 · peak 33Apr 2021 — avg 21 · peak 37Sep 2021 — avg 17 · peak 33Feb 2022 — avg 24 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 35Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 14 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 34Aug 2024 — avg 17 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 37Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992016-06-23 — best price $1.242016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $1.242017-11-01 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $1.242019-01-04 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $1.242020-01-02 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-24 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-27 — best price $0.992025-03-27 — best price $4.992025-06-20 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-02-10 — best price $4.992026-04-23 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CasualTypingEducation

Census log

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