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Zup! 5 cover art

Zup! 5

Quiet River · 2017-06-13

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Zup! 5 is a $1.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2017, with Very Positive (94% of 3013 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

3
playing now
94%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Zup! 5 trailer thumbnail

Zup! 5 [STEAM] - All Levels

≈278,388 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 129 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~16/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 75k–181k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,018 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.55 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
441Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 44 · peak 213Sep 2017 — avg 10 · peak 48Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 36Mar 2018 — avg 6 · peak 68Jun 2018 — avg 6 · peak 47Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 29Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 24Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 57Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 28Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 33Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 49Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 43Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 73Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 95Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 27Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 470Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.552024-02-112026-08-242024-02-11 — best price $1.992024-03-15 — best price $0.592024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.592024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-09-16 — best price $0.592024-09-23 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.592024-12-04 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $0.552025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $0.592025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $0.592025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $0.572025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-02-09 — best price $0.592026-02-16 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.592026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.692026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $0.692026-08-24 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
65.5%
earned "A"
64.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

40 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Greek, Danish, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-07-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,68981%2,130

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

2DCuteIndieShortActionCasualPuzzlePhysicsRelaxingFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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