8BitBoy™ overview

Overview

8BitBoy™ comes from AwesomeBlade and is published by AwesomeBlade. It arrived on Steam on May 5, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

8BitBoy™'s latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 16:52:00 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 74% positive across 1,943 reviews.

Language and system requirements

8BitBoy™ is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

8BitBoy™ has sold up to 138,000 units and has 681 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $374,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

8BitBoy™ overview details

8BitBoy™ combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Big classic platformer with tons of power-ups and 12+ hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration. 8BitBoy is a tribute to all the greatest platformers of the 80s and 90s and a symbol of my endless love and passion for gaming. · 8-12 hours main story! · 56 Levels + huge 5 Worlds · 300+ Hidden Locations! · Hidden Warp zones! · Coin collecting game + tons of Power-Ups · Boss-battles · 60 fps frame rate (GPU dependent) Appropriate for all ages * Full Xbox 360 Controller Support (Auto switch - push button A to enable) Who's 8BitBoy? 8BitBoy is out of a job, and quite frankly he's depressed about it. Then he suddenly remembers all the good times he had as a kid, playing his trusted 8-bit console. Deep down in the far and darkest corner of the basement he finds it along with a strange looking cartridge. He plugs in the cartridge right away, and get sucked into a vivid, but decaying world of platforming. And this is where your adventure takes off. 8BitBoy is the platformer I always dreamt about playing as a kid. It's a fantastic mash-up of the greatest of the late 80's and 90's and a complete game on it's own terms. This is a true tribute to old school gaming and by no means a walk in the park, but it's also never unfair. With big challenges, the sense of accomplishment is always bigger and better. To me, 8BitBoy is the ultimate classic platformer on PC and Mac. and a symbol of my love and passion for gaming. Yours Sincerely, Rasmus Kønig Sørensen Indie developer and sole creator of 8BitBoy

SteamPulse editorial summary

8BitBoy™ is listed as a game with $6.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 16:52:00 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 74% positive reviews.

Overview tags

PlatformerIndieActionCasualPixel Graphics2DRetroSingleplayerDifficultArcadeSide ScrollerOld SchoolFamily Friendly2D Platformer

Support and legal notes

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