Is Boulder Dash on Steam?

No. Boulder Dash is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.

What platforms is Boulder Dash on?

Boulder Dash is available on Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision.

When did Boulder Dash release?

Boulder Dash was first released on February 1, 1984.

Boulder Dash

Feb 1, 1984PlatformPuzzleArcadeAtari 8-bitColecoVision

Boulder Dash — frequently asked questions

Is Boulder Dash on Steam?: No. Boulder Dash is not distributed on Steam, so there is no Steam Charts or SteamDB player count for it. Its live popularity is tracked here via Twitch viewership instead.
What platforms is Boulder Dash on?: Boulder Dash is available on Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision.
When did Boulder Dash release?: Boulder Dash was first released on February 1, 1984.

About Boulder Dash

Boulder Dash was originally released in 1984 for Atari 8-bit computers. It was developed and published by First Star Software, and spawned a series of sequels, re-releases, and spinoffs. It also did a great deal to establish and influence the mining genre of video games, which can be seen in modern games such as Minecraft, Spelunky, and Terraria.

Summary via IGDB.

Boulder Dash on Wikipedia

Boulder Dash is a maze-based puzzle video game released in 1984 by First Star Software for Atari 8-bit computers. It was created by Canadian developers Peter Liepa and Chris Gray. The player controls Rockford, who tunnels through dirt to collect diamonds. Boulders and other objects remain fixed until the dirt beneath them is removed, then they fall and become a hazard. Puzzles are designed around collecting diamonds without being crushed and exploiting the interactions between objects. The game's name is a pun on balderdash.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Atari 8-bit, ColecoVision
Developer: First Star Software
Publisher: First Star Software
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

76/100

from 35 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Built by
ColecoVision	1984	$50	$124	—	Micro Lab

Also released on: Atari 8-bit. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.

Collector value & authenticity

ColecoVision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-19

Loose

$50

Complete

$124

few sales

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: about 4 times a year
Complete: rarely — fewer than one recorded sale a year
Sealed: about 2 times a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-19.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $97 in Jul 2022, and $50 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2023	$97	$214
Jan 2024	$96	$215
Jan 2025	$33	$75
Jan 2026	$43	$81
Oct 2026	$50	$124

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory
North America Telegames

Source: Model numbers, end-label variants and CBS numbers: the ColecoVision FAQ v4.1, each serial confirmed against Coleco's 1982 catalogue, the game's manual or its UPC; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1984
Controller: Hand controller (joystick)
Players: 1 or 2
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the ColecoVisionLow counterfeit risk

ColecoVision prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A Telegames-published port of First Star's puzzle game, genuine but later than the Coleco era.

Micro Lab developed the ColecoVision Boulder Dash for Micro Fun, after First Star licensed the game to Micro Lab for conversions including the ColecoVision. Computer Entertainer reported in 1984 that the cartridge had slipped, and Electronic Games listed it as coming for the ColecoVision that October, but it reached players only as a Telegames release. It is among the six Telegames exclusives.

No period review of the ColecoVision version is on record, so how it compares to the 2600 or computer versions is undocumented.

How the ColecoVision version differs

Computer Entertainer reported that the ColecoVision version, in development at Micro Lab, had been bumped.

Also on other platforms

Atari 8-bit

ColecoVision	Micro Lab
Atari 8-bit	Peter Liepa and Chris Gray

Worth knowing

From the ColecoVision manual. Only caves 1, 6, 11 and the last cave can be chosen as a starting cave on difficulty levels 1 to 3; levels 4 and 5 must start at cave 1.
From the ColecoVision manual. Holding the joystick button while pushing the stick lets Rockford dig or push an adjacent object without moving into its space.
From the ColecoVision manual. Each player starts with 3 chances and gains a bonus try, shown by the tunnels shimmering, every 500 points.

Before you buy

The genuine Telegames release is the 1987 one in a green plastic clamshell with an insert sheet, so a bare cardboard box is a warning. One owner reported a genuine Telegames shell containing a Turbo board, and collectors report a high failure rate, so test before paying. A poor-quality mini-cart reissue has also been reported. It needs only a standard controller.