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Zup! XS cover art

Zup! XS

Quiet River · 2019-04-17

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Experimental minimal physical puzzle with explosions.

Zup! XS is a Casual and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1472 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,615 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–88k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,474 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
14214220192026Week of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 $0.592025-10-06 — 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
51.9%
earned "Zup!"
40.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,65663%97

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieShortCasualPuzzlePhysicsRelaxingFast-PacedMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.