A Boy and His Blob
| App ID | 281200 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Abstraction Games, WayForward |
| Publisher | Ziggurat |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux |
| Last Changenumber | 28971263 |
| Last Record Update | 14 May 2025 – 01:17:38 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 19 January 2016 – 16:59:04 UTC ( |
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.
Additional Information
| Developer | Abstraction Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gamedir | empty string | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | A Boy and His Blob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Ziggurat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 19 January 2016 – 16:59:19 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Social Media | https://x.com/playziggurat https://www.youtube.com/zigguratinteractive/ |
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| Primary Genre | Adventure (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Adventure (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 19 January 2016 – 16:59:04 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 20 April 2022 – 17:53:32 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | FMOD SDK, FreeImage SDK, SDL SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First seen on SteamDB | 11 February 2014 – 17:12:24 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 7 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| French | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Polish | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Russian | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| trailer_name | A Boy and His Blob |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2036367/movie480_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2036367/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 2036367/movie_max_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 2036367/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 281200/29158/5815ce078a60d33fef178b3aa3031d0669c4bb07/1751258922/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 281200/29158/5815ce078a60d33fef178b3aa3031d0669c4bb07/1751258922/microtrailer.mp4 |
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| dash_av1 | 281200/29158/5815ce078a60d33fef178b3aa3031d0669c4bb07/1751258922/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 281200/29158/5815ce078a60d33fef178b3aa3031d0669c4bb07/1751258922/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 281200/29158/5815ce078a60d33fef178b3aa3031d0669c4bb07/1751258922/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 2036367/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 2036367/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 7 January 2021 – 18:09:07 UTC |
Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 3 24-hour peak
- 319 all-time peak
3 May 2016
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- ~56.3 k by Gamalytic
- ~84.4 k by VG Insights
- ~512.5 k by PlayTracker
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| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 19 January 2016 | Steam Release | - |
| 3 May 2016 | ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Eye Candy Bundle | - |
| 13 May 2016 | ⇄ Indiegala: Majesco Bundle | - |
| 22 August 2018 | ⇄ Indiegala: Majesco Throwback Bundle | - |
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