Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $4.99
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Evaluation
Boson X launched on September 15, 2014 as a self-contained arcade runner with a fixed set of 18 levels, 3 playable characters, and Steam leaderboards/achievements. The store description emphasizes a deliberately streamlined design with "no superfluous powerups, coins or XP systems," reinforcing that this was shipped as a complete, finished product.
The developer's news posts on this game's Steam page have consisted entirely of announcements about other games — a new puzzle game (Dissembler, February 2018), a new arcade game (JUMPGRID, February 2019), and a new logistics game (Mars First Logistics, September 2021). None of these posts indicate any further content planned for Boson X itself. The last developer communication of any kind on this page was September 13, 2021. There are no DLC listings, no roadmaps, no patches, and no developer statements suggesting additional content was ever planned post-launch.
Boson X launched as a finished game and has remained so. Someone waiting for all content to be available could have played it in full on its release date.
Evidence
Store description presents a fixed feature set: 18 levels, 3 characters, leaderboards, and achievements — with explicit emphasis on having no ongoing systems like powerups, coins, or XP. Reads as a complete, intentionally bounded product.
Developer announced a new game (Mars First Logistics) on the Boson X Steam page — the most recent communication of any kind. No updates or content plans mentioned for Boson X.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Shape Shop
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Quantum jump your way to critical velocity in Boson X: the rotational runner set in a particle collider.
Build up speed inside a massive particle accelerator and generate high-energy collisions to discover strange new particles. Use precise timing and fast reflexes to navigate a subatomic world where floors and ceilings don't exist. Be fast enough to find the elusive Boson X.
Features:
WARNING: This game contains flashing lights.
Build up speed inside a massive particle accelerator and generate high-energy collisions to discover strange new particles. Use precise timing and fast reflexes to navigate a subatomic world where floors and ceilings don't exist. Be fast enough to find the elusive Boson X.
Features:
- Fast-paced, unforgiving gameplay
- 18 challenging levels to master
- 3 highly qualified physicists to play as
- Steam leaderboards and achievements
- No superfluous powerups, coins or XP systems - just deadly serious scientific research
WARNING: This game contains flashing lights.
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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