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Virus Popper cover art

Virus Popper

Alexander Clark · Starcade Arcade · 2020-04-09

Steam

ActionCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Apr 10, 2021 (SteamVR)

Greetings Space Traveler, we need you to save the universe again! New virus variants threaten our galaxy. Level up with a new arsenal of weapons to combat them!

Virus Popper is a 2020 Action, Casual, Indie and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 65 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2022-04-04)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820202026Week of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31Apr 2020Apr 2023Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

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

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

Completion

11
achievements tracked
39.8%
earned "Washer"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-05-24, latest 2021-12-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

VRRPGIndieActionArcadeCasualStrategyEducationFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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