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UFO 50 cover art

UFO 50

Mossmouth · 2024-09-18

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 18, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 07, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.

235
playing now
95%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

235 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

UFO 50 is a video game collection developed and published by Mossmouth for Windows in September 2024 and for Nintendo Switch in August 2025. It features 50 unique games of varying genres and length. The games were a collaborative effort by six developers over the course of several years, its development akin to a game jam.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 235 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 129 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,311 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 149k–336k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,469 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.49 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20242026Week of 2024-09-18: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2024-09-18: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-09-25: 763 positiveWeek of 2024-09-25: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-10-02: 406 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-09: 415 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 197 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 872 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

235502026-08-11 19:00 — 119 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 140 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 99 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 51 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 147 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 117 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 55 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 169 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 120 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 60 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 137 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 83 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 51 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 130 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 94 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 74 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 155 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 122 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 72 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 167 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 71 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 160 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 110 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 220 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 130 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 235 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$17.492024-09-182026-07-092024-09-18 — best price $22.492024-09-25 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $21.242024-12-04 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $21.242024-12-18 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $21.242025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-10 — best price $21.242025-02-17 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-08-29 — best price $18.742025-09-01 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $18.742025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $18.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $18.742026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $17.492026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6601332026-05-29 — 579 pageviews2026-06-01 — 299 pageviews2026-06-04 — 207 pageviews2026-06-07 — 235 pageviews2026-06-10 — 199 pageviews2026-06-13 — 149 pageviews2026-06-16 — 175 pageviews2026-06-19 — 163 pageviews2026-06-22 — 168 pageviews2026-06-25 — 198 pageviews2026-06-28 — 178 pageviews2026-07-01 — 202 pageviews2026-07-04 — 155 pageviews2026-07-07 — 270 pageviews2026-07-10 — 213 pageviews2026-07-13 — 251 pageviews2026-07-16 — 195 pageviews2026-07-19 — 174 pageviews2026-07-22 — 291 pageviews2026-07-25 — 248 pageviews2026-07-28 — 273 pageviews2026-07-31 — 186 pageviews2026-08-03 — 238 pageviews2026-08-06 — 207 pageviews2026-08-09 — 176 pageviews2026-08-12 — 171 pageviews2026-08-15 — 182 pageviews2026-08-18 — 166 pageviews2026-08-21 — 154 pageviews2026-08-24 — 163 pageviews2026-08-26 — 165 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3102026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
97.3%
earned "Taste Test"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,4741%30
Switch (Nintendo)7410%0

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

Player tags

2DRPG1980sIndieRetroActionArcadeCasualStrategyAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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