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Army of Ruin

Milkstone Studios · 2023-06-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2022 (Mac), Jun 15, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 16, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 16, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.

30
playing now
88%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 95 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (415 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 56k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,789 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99
Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.87 at GreenManGaming (2023-01-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 42 of 77 observed days · $5.12 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
36536520222026Week of 2022-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

51122026-08-07 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 50 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 50 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$3.592022-10-272026-08-302022-10-27 — best price $3.592023-02-02 — best price $5.992023-05-05 — best price $5.392023-07-03 — best price $7.192023-08-19 — best price $7.992023-10-07 — best price $7.992023-11-28 — best price $7.992024-01-06 — best price $7.992024-02-12 — best price $7.992024-04-01 — best price $6.282024-06-27 — best price $6.392024-08-07 — best price $7.192024-09-30 — best price $5.112024-10-28 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-02-13 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-05-21 — best price $6.392025-07-11 — best price $6.282025-08-25 — best price $7.992025-10-10 — best price $4.792025-11-13 — best price $4.792025-12-03 — best price $6.392026-01-13 — best price $6.282026-03-03 — best price $4.792026-04-02 — best price $6.282026-05-22 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-08-17 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.4%
earned "Throwing Axe"
58.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Czech, Russian, Vietnamese, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5019%221
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,05117%98
PS5 (PlayStation)1,43549%55
PS4 (PlayStation)17460%55
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DShooterSurvivalTop-DownAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellExplorationShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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