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Shatter

Shatter

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Released Mar 15, 2010 Developer Sidhe Publisher PikPok Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Great SoundtrackIndieArcadeActionLocal Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

93.4%positive1,345 reviews
Recommended · 38 found this helpful

“+ The best Breakout/Arkanoid ever + Superb sountrack + Satisfying action + Lots of extra time trial / multiplayer modes - The main "story" ends a bit too soon”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
Recommended · 24 found this helpful

“Easy to play, difficult to master, Shatter is an arcade dream, taking the basic concept of Pong, and flipping it on its tail. Suck in power ups, blow out fragments and manuever your ship through some beautiful environments and challenging bosses. I figured this would be a quick…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“The definitive breakout clone. Innovating only by allowing you to slightly alter your shot trajectory, it perfects the genre, doing away with the slow monotony of having to destroy that one last brick before moving on, keeping the gameplay fast and smooth. Couple that with a…”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

4peak since Aug 2026
0 0 0 0 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.

30achievements
3.2%median completion
0.7%rarest: Twice as Nice
86.4% of players 75.2% of players 69.9% of players 60.0% of players 53.8% of players 42.1% of players 30.5% of players 25.0% of players 21.7% of players 19.0% of players 14.5% of players 12.2% of players 11.6% of players 6.4% of players 5.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 86.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.4%Shardenfreude — Hidden achievement
75.2%Kinetic Harvest — Complete World 1 in Story Mode.
69.9%Storm Warning — Trigger a Shard Storm.
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Twice as Nice — Score at least 1,000,000,000 points in Time Attack Co-op.
0.7%BFF — Score 10,000,000,000 points in Endless Co-op.
0.7%Buddies Forever — Score 5,000,000,000 points in Endless Co-op.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$0.79lowest since tracking began2026-08-17
US1.99 USD
EU1.59 EUR
UK1.69 GBP
Australia2.95 AUD
Canada2.29 CAD
Japan205 JPY
Brazil4.49 BRL
China11.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.8 Japan Canada China EU US Australia UK≈$2.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-26). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 08-01 08-21 09-12 10-02 10-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 04, 2022
Shatter Remastered Deluxe is available now!

A classic reimagined, Shatter Remastered Deluxe brings back the brick-breaking action with updated visuals and a stunning remixed and remastered soundtrack, and it’s available on Steam now! We are so

May 17, 2022
Shatter Remastered Deluxe Announced!

We're excited to announce that the retro-inspired brick-breaking smash hit Shatter is returning in an all-new remaster in Q3 2022! To celebrate this, the classic version of Shatter is now discounted f

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsGreat Soundtrack · Indie · Arcade · Action · Local Co-Op · Fast-Paced · Singleplayer · Co-op · Psychedelic · Stylized · Sci-fi · Local Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play Together
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows XP SP3 or higher Processor: 2.0 GHz+ single-core or dual-core (any speed) Memory: 512 MB Hard Drive: 250 MB of free space Graphics: 128MB dedicated graphics processor with shader model 2 support (e.g. NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 or ATi Radeon 9600) Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible audio card DirectX®: 9.0c