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Buoyant

Buoyant overview

New Star Games | Jul 9, 2019 | game

Released

0players observed · 12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC

ActionCasualIndieSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)380
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score85% positive

Buoyant dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)380
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score85% positive
  • Total reviews13
  • Release dateJul 9, 2019
  • DeveloperNew Star Games
  • PublisherNew Star Games

Genres: Action, Casual

Company pages: Developer: New Star GamesPublisher: New Star Games

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Game overview

Overview

Buoyant comes from New Star Games and is published by New Star Games. It arrived on Steam on Jul 9, 2019, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards, 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

Buoyant's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 85% positive across 13 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Buoyant is available in 1 languages including:

English

13 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedDual Core CPU128 MB RAMNot listed100 MB available space
macOSMinimumSierra 10.12Dual Core CPU128 MB RAMNot listed100 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Buoyant has sold up to 380 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Buoyant overview details

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

Steam Store description

How long can you survive in this abstract game of survival? Surf an endless wave, avoiding enemies and collecting rings. Simple one-button gameplay, enjoyable wave physics and a sublime soundtrack combine to make an addictive and challenging score-based game. Featuring music from Astropilot, Tomas Novoa and more this is gorgeous way to surf an alien seascape whilst competing against your friends on the leaderboards.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Buoyant is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Casual. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 85% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameBuoyant
Steam App ID1085280
Typegame
Release dateJul 9, 2019
DeveloperNew Star Games
PublisherNew Star Games
PriceFree to play
PlatformsWindows and macOS
GenresAction, Casual
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Positive reviews11
Negative reviews2
Total reviews13
Positive percent85%
Review typePositive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateJul 9, 2019
Official Steam feed update (UTC)Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
All White RingsNo description
Kill a GellyNo description
2 Gelly DiveNo description
5 Gelly DiveNo description
10 GellysNo description
Kill a KraytNo description
Kill all KraytsNo description
Kill a FloytaNo description
2 Floyta ChainNo description
5 Floyta ChainNo description

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/1085280
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/1085280/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/1085280
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Buoyant

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Buoyant?

Buoyant's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 12 October 2026 - 08:35:26 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is Buoyant growing or declining recently?

October 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 0 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is September 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Buoyant?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are Russia (40%), Australia (20%), Czechia (20%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to Russia (25.5%), Australia (13.6%), Slovenia (10.3%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to Russia (30.2%), Australia (14.2%), Slovenia (11.7%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to Russia (21.6%), Australia (10.7%), United States (9.6%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Buoyant?

Buoyant currently sits at 85% positive across 13 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 11 positive reviews and 2 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Buoyant have?

Buoyant currently has about 36 tracked Steam followers as of 20 March 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Buoyant?

Buoyant is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Positive

85% positive, 11 positive, 2 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows, Mac

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing

Achievements

28

Platform releases
  • Steam 9 July 2019

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core CPU Memory: 128 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 100 MB available space

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