Thin Ice
Thin Ice — frequently asked questions
- Is Thin Ice on Steam?
- No. Thin Ice 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 Thin Ice on?
- Thin Ice is available on Intellivision.
- When did Thin Ice release?
- Thin Ice was first released on August 1, 1986.
About Thin Ice
You play Duncan the penguin, who enjoys skating on thin ice-- especially around the other penguins. The goal of this game is exactly that; to skate around the other penguins, dunking them into the frigid water while consuming tasty shrimp cocktails (to make him go faster). Duncan has to watch out for the evil seal and polar bear, who both like to bat Duncan about! If you can manage to sink all the penguins, you move onto the next level-- where even more penguins await to be dunked.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Intellivision
- Developer
- Mattel Electronics
- Publisher
- INTV Corporation
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Themes
- Action
Details via IGDB.
Collector value & authenticity
Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20
How often it sells
- Loose: about once a month
- Complete: about once a month
- Sealed: about once 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 2026-10-20.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $12.25 in Apr 2010, $30 five years ago, and $17.00 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2011 | $43 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $19.99 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $19.97 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $10.00 | $71 |
| Jan 2015 | $9.99 | $45 |
| Jan 2016 | $8.67 | $50 |
| Jan 2017 | $3.69 | $35 |
| Jan 2018 | $17.76 | $39 |
| Jan 2019 | $20 | $60 |
| Jan 2020 | $16.51 | $39 |
| Jan 2021 | $18.00 | $50 |
| Jan 2022 | $27 | $56 |
| Jan 2023 | $16.55 | $52 |
| Jan 2024 | $19.05 | $47 |
| Jan 2025 | $16.14 | $50 |
| Jan 2026 | $14.91 | $33 |
| Oct 2026 | $17.00 | $26 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1986
- Authenticity
- Low
A Mattel-era game finished and released by INTV Corporation in 1986, three years after it first appeared on Mattel's lists.
Thin Ice began at Mattel. Electronic Games listed it in 1983 among the first games planned for SuperGraphics, and Computer Entertainer said Mattel had gone back and redesigned it for enhanced graphics after scrapping the Intellivision III. It reached stores in 1986 under INTV Corporation, with the library crediting Mattel Electronics as developer.
Little is documented about how it plays beyond that history.
What the press said at the time
| Computer Entertainer Vol. 5 No. 5 | August 1986 | Graphics ♦♦½ · Play-Action ♦♦½ |
“is a cute game in which you've got to outsmart the seal ... but, it's just a little too simple for extended ... for adult players. We do feel, however, it's a game”
Computer Entertainer rated graphics first and play action second, from four symbols (excellent) to one (poor) — diamonds through early 1987, stars after — comparing each game only with other games for the same system.
Before you buy
INTV shipped it without overlays and with a black-and-white manual. It exists in yellow-logo and white-logo box versions. Loose carts cost a moderate amount, a complete copy is a step up, and sealed ones command a substantial premium.
Thin Ice screenshots
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