Is Panic Bomber on Steam?

No. Panic Bomber 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 Panic Bomber on?

Panic Bomber is available on Virtual Boy.

When did Panic Bomber release?

Panic Bomber was first released on July 21, 1995.

Panic Bomber

Jul 21, 1995PuzzleVirtual Boy

Panic Bomber — frequently asked questions

Is Panic Bomber on Steam?: No. Panic Bomber 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 Panic Bomber on?: Panic Bomber is available on Virtual Boy.
When did Panic Bomber release?: Panic Bomber was first released on July 21, 1995.

About Panic Bomber

Panic Bomber is a dropping-piece puzzle game in the Bomberman series.

Summary via IGDB.

Panic Bomber on Wikipedia

Bomberman: Panic Bomber is a 1994 puzzle video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine on December 22, 1994. It was later released for the Neo Geo, Super Famicom, X68000, FM Towns, NEC PC-9821, Virtual Boy, and PlayStation Portable. It saw a re-release for the Wii and Wii U's Virtual Console services. Panic Bomber is a falling block game with the players' goal being to clear matching blocks using bombs, ensuring their screen does not fill and that their opponents' screens do. It received mixed to positive reception, identified as a decent game by multiple critics. It has been compared to the falling block puzzle game Tetris. The Virtual Boy version received a mixed reception for its handling of the platform's visual capabilities.

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

Game details

Developer: Hudson Soft
Publisher: Hudson Soft
Game modes: Single player
Series: Bomberman
Official site: Visit

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Virtual Boy · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-08-22

Loose

$59

Complete

$150

Sealed

$401

Release record

Territory	Date	Serial	Barcode	MSRP
Japan Hudson Soft Company, Ltd.	21 Jul 1995	VUE-VH2J-JPN	4988607005214	¥4,900
North America	Dec 1995	VUE-VH2E-USA	045496770099	—
Mexico Gamela México	—	VUE-VH2E-USA	045496770099	—
Brazil Playtronic Industrial Ltda.	—	VUE-VH2E-USA	7896273603139	—

North America: Not a North American launch title — Japan got it on launch day, five months earlier.

Community score: 70/100
Region: JP+NA
Released: 1995
Authenticity: Low

Never re-released — the original cartridge is the only way to playLow counterfeit risk

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Konami's Bomberman rights are why this isn't on Switch — and why the cartridge is still the only way to play.

A falling-block puzzle with Bomberman characters, ported to the Virtual Boy from the PC Engine and SNES versions. Good, not remarkable — it does almost nothing with the 3D display. Its absence from Nintendo Switch Online is the most explicable of the holdouts: Konami acquired Hudson and still actively publishes Bomberman, so licensing an old spin-off to Nintendo would faintly compete with its own product. Compare Vertical Force — same original publisher, dormant IP, licensed without apparent trouble.

How it was made

Hudson published it, but Raizing developed it — the studio better known for dense arcade shoot-'em-ups, an odd fit for a falling-block puzzler and a name collectors recognise. Japan got it on launch day; North America waited five months.