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Virus Crashers cover art

Virus Crashers

Shindenken · Henteko Doujin · 2017-02-20

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

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

Releases: Feb 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The retro magic of the NES-era has returned! 99 tough stages will recall the feeling of childhood days.Be careful when playing Virus Crashers, and don't get too addicted!

Virus Crashers is a $0.49 Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and Mixed sentiment (68% of 31 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

68%
positive of 31 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
−51% · $0.49
was $0.99
steam price (US) · on sale

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172026Week of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenPartial Controller Support

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Census log

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

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