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Ultimate Chicken Horse cover art

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Clever Endeavour Games · 2016-03-04

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ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 12, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Mar 04, 2016 (Linux), Mar 04, 2016 (Mac), Sep 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 15, 2017 (Xbox One), Mar 04, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer game where you build the level as you play, placing traps and hazards to screw your friends over, but trying not to screw yourself.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a 2016 Action, Casual, Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 53538 reviews).

368
playing now
96%
positive of 54k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (120 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (4.2k downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (5,402 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 23 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

368 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a multiplayer competitive platform video game developed and published by Canadian studio Clever Endeavour Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 4 March 2016, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2017, and Nintendo Switch on 25 September 2018.

Trailer

Ultimate Chicken Horse trailer thumbnail

Ultimate Chicken Horse - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 368 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,651 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~331/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.3M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53,722 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.74-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.00 at Chrono.gg (2017-11-28) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 16 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98598520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 763 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 585 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k1532026-09-15 12:00 — 239 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 312 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 217 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 372 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 562 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 268 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 153 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 412 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 355 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 358 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 378 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 216 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 265 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,329 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 660 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 557 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,174 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 399 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 456 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 710 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 749 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 470 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 328 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 368 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k0Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2016 — avg 99 · peak 250Sep 2016 — avg 134 · peak 295Jan 2017 — avg 376 · peak 1,271May 2017 — avg 162 · peak 338Sep 2017 — avg 192 · peak 522Jan 2018 — avg 430 · peak 1,145May 2018 — avg 159 · peak 333Sep 2018 — avg 210 · peak 802Jan 2019 — avg 267 · peak 684May 2019 — avg 190 · peak 615Sep 2019 — avg 157 · peak 342Jan 2020 — avg 399 · peak 1,088May 2020 — avg 367 · peak 695Sep 2020 — avg 219 · peak 477Jan 2021 — avg 609 · peak 1,581May 2021 — avg 345 · peak 698Sep 2021 — avg 519 · peak 2,363Jan 2022 — avg 674 · peak 1,565May 2022 — avg 330 · peak 756Sep 2022 — avg 282 · peak 741Jan 2023 — avg 559 · peak 1,346May 2023 — avg 383 · peak 1,503Sep 2023 — avg 1,606 · peak 15,850Jan 2024 — avg 684 · peak 1,617May 2024 — avg 830 · peak 4,412Sep 2024 — avg 677 · peak 2,610Jan 2025 — avg 646 · peak 2,010May 2025 — avg 645 · peak 2,048Sep 2025 — avg 355 · peak 1,404Jan 2026 — avg 648 · peak 2,423May 2026 — avg 536 · peak 1,769Aug 2026 — avg 680 · peak 2,195
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
15152026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new positive2026-10-13: 10 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$0.002016-03-042026-10-092016-03-04 — best price $13.492016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-12-17 — best price $9.892017-03-03 — best price $14.992017-07-14 — best price $14.992017-12-14 — best price $8.992018-03-27 — best price $9.892018-09-06 — best price $14.992018-12-07 — best price $8.072019-03-04 — best price $7.492019-05-30 — best price $7.492019-08-29 — best price $7.492019-11-20 — best price $9.892019-12-04 — best price $14.992020-02-17 — best price $14.992020-05-07 — best price $7.492020-11-25 — best price $8.242021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-09-20 — best price $7.492022-02-21 — best price $7.492022-08-12 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-02-04 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $6.742023-05-24 — best price $7.492023-08-25 — best price $7.492023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $5.242024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-23 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $5.242025-05-09 — best price $5.992025-08-07 — best price $5.992025-11-13 — best price $14.992026-01-29 — best price $5.992026-05-27 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $6.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

108362026-05-30 — 60 pageviews2026-06-03 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 77 pageviews2026-06-11 — 41 pageviews2026-06-15 — 44 pageviews2026-06-19 — 78 pageviews2026-06-23 — 60 pageviews2026-06-27 — 87 pageviews2026-07-01 — 84 pageviews2026-07-05 — 108 pageviews2026-07-09 — 67 pageviews2026-07-13 — 63 pageviews2026-07-17 — 70 pageviews2026-07-21 — 56 pageviews2026-07-25 — 65 pageviews2026-07-29 — 38 pageviews2026-08-02 — 67 pageviews2026-08-06 — 61 pageviews2026-08-10 — 99 pageviews2026-08-14 — 45 pageviews2026-08-18 — 61 pageviews2026-08-22 — 64 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews2026-08-30 — 74 pageviews2026-09-03 — 95 pageviews2026-09-07 — 68 pageviews2026-09-11 — 49 pageviews2026-09-15 — 39 pageviews2026-09-19 — 56 pageviews2026-09-23 — 40 pageviews2026-09-27 — 74 pageviews2026-10-01 — 37 pageviews2026-10-05 — 46 pageviews2026-10-09 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

52402026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
76.9%
earned "Craftsperson"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)47,1292%31
PS4 (PlayStation)14,8404%32
Xbox One (Xbox)13,4033%31
PS4 (PlayStation)8,0935%32
Switch (Nintendo)1,0190%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPFunnyPartyCasualParty GamePlatformerCompetitiveLocal Co-OpMultiplayerLevel Editor

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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