Is Demon Attack on Steam?

No. Demon Attack 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.

When did Demon Attack release?

Demon Attack was first released on December 31, 1982.

Demon Attack

Dec 31, 1982ShooterArcadeCommodore VIC-20Atari 2600Atari 8-bitCommodore C64/128/MAXTRS-80 Color Computer

Demon Attack — frequently asked questions

Is Demon Attack on Steam?: No. Demon Attack 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 Demon Attack on?: Demon Attack is available on Commodore VIC-20, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer, DOS, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000.
When did Demon Attack release?: Demon Attack was first released on December 31, 1982.

About Demon Attack

Demon Attack is an arcade action game with gameplay similar to Space Invaders. You control a laser cannon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy wave after wave of brightly colored demons. The demons bounce around the screen in bizarre patterns, and try to destroy your cannon with bombs or lasers. When you shoot a demon, it will be replaced with another or will split into two smaller demons depending on which wave you are playing. When the required number of demons for the current round is finally destroyed, you can move on to the next, more difficult round.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, TRS-80 Color Computer, DOS, Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000
Developer: Imagic
Publisher: Tandy
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Science fiction

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

62/100

from 10 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews
Atari 2600	1982	$6	$20	$54	5 reviews

Also released on: Commodore VIC-20 · Atari 8-bit · Commodore C64/128/MAX · TRS-80 Color Computer · DOS · Odyssey 2 / Videopac G7000. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Atari 2600 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-06

Loose

Complete

$20

Sealed

$54

Label variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Blue Label	$9	$21	—
Text Label	$9	$22	—

Release record

Territory	Label	Catalog #	Rarity
North America Imagic	Blue	IA3200	Rare
North America Imagic	Picture	IA3200	Common+
North America Imagic	Text	IA3200	Common+
North America Xante	—	—	Unbelievably Rare
Europe Imagic	White	EIX-006-04I	—
Australia HES	—	—	—

Also released in South America by Digitel, Dynacom, Polygram, CCE.

Source: Catalog numbers, label types, rarity, controllers and player counts: AtariAge 2600 software database

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1982
Controller: Atari Joystick
Players: 1 - 2
Authenticity: Low

Not in Atari 50 — other compilations and plug-and-plays are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Atari 2600 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

Imagic's best-selling game and one of the 2600's best-selling cartridges, still fun and very cheap.

Rob Fulop created Demon Attack after leaving Atari, saying he had not been properly paid for his work on a Space Invaders port. He co-founded Imagic in 1981, and Imagic published Demon Attack in 1982. You control a laser cannon on a planet's surface and shoot winged demons that swoop down in changing patterns. It was the first of Fulop's games to have a graphic artist, Michael Becker, who drew eight-phase animations for the demons.

It was praised for its graphics and gameplay, became one of the best-selling Atari 2600 games, and is Imagic's best seller. A later Intellivision port added a boss mothership that prompted an Atari lawsuit, settled in January 1983; that is the Intellivision version's story, not the 2600 cartridge's.

How it was made

Designed and programmed by Rob Fulop at Imagic, with graphics by Michael Becker. Released in 1982, with a PAL release the same year.

What the press said at the time

Computer and Video Games		87%
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games		4/4
IGN		7.5/10
Video		9.5/10
Electronic Fun with Computers & Games Vol. 1 No. 2	December 1982	4 joysticks

“The game is easy to learn, features eye-popping graphics and sound effects, and should be one of the best-selling videogames of 1982.”
— Electronic Games, August 1982

“"Demon Attack" is, quite simply, excellent. This true coin-op-level program is probably the best debut Imagic could possibly have made.”
— VIDEO (Arcade Alley), August 1982

“In this vibrantly colorful, highly imaginative and challenging game, Imagic has replaced the standard relentlessly descending aliens with wave after wave of rainbow-colored birds”
— Electronic Fun with Computers & Games, December 1982

“This game's slick graphics are a quantum leap for the VCS. Otherwise, the cartridge is a state- of-the-art invasion game”
— VIDEO (Arcade Alley), November 1982

Electronic Fun rated games out of four joysticks.

Cartridge & preservation record

Program size 4 KB, measured from the preserved dump.

Catalogue number as recorded for the physical release.

Worth knowing

Billboard designer award. The Video Game Update reported Billboard's first video game awards in May 1983, naming "Rob Fulop as Designer of the year for DEMON ATTACK (IMAGIC)".
1983 Arkie Award. Demon Attack won Videogame of the Year in Electronic Games' 1983 Arkie Awards. The citation said "Rob Fulop, the creator of Missile Command, proved he was more than a one-shot wonder", although Fulop programmed the VCS conversion rather than the coin-op.

Before you buy

Low risk; this is a common cart. Three labels are priced: the standard cart, a Blue Label and a cart PriceCharting lists as "Text Label". All are cheap loose, and the standard cart is usually the cheapest. Check which label the photos show if you are collecting variants; if you just want to play it, buy whichever is cheapest.