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Venture Kid cover art

Venture Kid

Snikkabo AS · FDG Entertainment · 2018-05-03

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 02, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), May 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 13, 2016 (iOS)

A 8-bit retro action platformer that goes beyond just pixels and chiptunes

Venture Kid is a 2018 Action, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (84% of 231 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 231 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
97/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.8k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 231 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020182026Week of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
170May 2018Dec 2023May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 10Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 30Nov 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 361May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 13Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992018-05-032026-08-032018-05-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-11 — best price $9.992020-06-04 — best price $9.992020-07-30 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-18 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $9.992021-04-02 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-09-22 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-10 — best price $9.992022-06-14 — best price $9.992022-08-23 — best price $9.992022-11-15 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $9.992023-08-11 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-30 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-12 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-21 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-11 — best price $9.992025-08-19 — best price $9.992025-11-04 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
27.1%
earned "FOREST CLEARED"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3537%32
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionDifficultPlatformerSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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