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Weapon of Choice DX cover art

Weapon of Choice DX

Mommy's Best Games · 2015-09-23

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2008 (Xbox 360)

Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!

Weapon of Choice DX is an Action and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $5.99, with Mostly Positive reviews from 502 reviews and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
77%
positive of 502 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Weapon of Choice is a run and gun video game developed by independent studio Mommy's Best Games and released on November 19, 2008.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 502 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-08-14) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320152026Week of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002015-09-232026-07-092015-09-23 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $2.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-04-25 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-09-01 — best price $1.992016-11-01 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.992017-02-13 — best price $4.992017-08-14 — best price $0.992017-11-02 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-04-23 — best price $4.992018-10-30 — best price $2.492018-11-27 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-05 — best price $1.242020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-10-24 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.242024-08-22 — best price $0.002024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-05-19 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-04-08 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2202026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 0 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 3 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 7 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
52.5%
earned "Spidey Sense"
22.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-11-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1663%14
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionAliensArcadeSci-fiShooterControllerHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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