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Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator

Fireworks Mania - An Explosive Simulator

Laumania ApS · released Dec 16, 2020

ActionCasualIndieSimulationPC

FIREWORKS MANIA is a small casual explosive simulator game where you play around with fireworks, create beautiful firework shows or just blow stuff up.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 7.9 ↗
89
VGC Score
■Stablemedium confidence

anchored at patch: “[EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.8.4” (2d ago)

92%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
100%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews97%921000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)100%974
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.4, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 7,934 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 30, 2026) · 4 reviews sampled · 0 total reviews in window · weighted 2.4 up / 0 down · computed 5h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.8.4
    Aug 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Developer News - August 2026
    Aug 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.8.3
    Aug 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.8.2
    Aug 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.8.1
    Aug 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.11
    Jul 31, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.10
    Jul 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.9
    Jul 26, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.8
    Jul 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.7
    Jul 21, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  11. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.6
    Jul 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  12. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.5
    Jul 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  13. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.4
    Jul 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  14. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.3
    Jul 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  15. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.2
    Jul 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  16. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.7.1
    Jul 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  17. v2026.2.2-4th
    Jun 30, 2026
  18. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.4.3
    May 2, 2026
  19. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.4.2
    Apr 14, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  20. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.4.1
    Apr 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  21. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.7
    Mar 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  22. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.6
    Mar 27, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  23. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.5
    Mar 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  24. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.4
    Mar 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  25. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.3
    Mar 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  26. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.2
    Mar 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  27. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.3.1
    Mar 8, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  28. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.2.3
    Mar 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  29. v2026.2.2
    Feb 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  30. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.2.2
    Feb 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  31. v2026.2.1
    Jan 30, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  32. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.2.1
    Jan 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  33. v2026.1.3
    Jan 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  34. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.1.3
    Jan 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  35. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.1.2
    Jan 18, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  36. [EXPERIMENTAL] v2026.1.1
    Jan 15, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  37. v2025.12.8
    Dec 28, 2025
  38. v2025.12.7
    Dec 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  39. v2025.12.6
    Dec 15, 2025
  40. v2025.12.5
    Dec 13, 2025significant · resets scoring window

…and 34 earlier patch announcements.