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Twisted BrainZ · 2022-09-20

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight for survival in this top-down shoot ‘em up in space, featuring unique hand-drawn visuals and sounds. It offers a challenging experience that is easy to learn, but difficult to master.

0
playing now
95%
positive of 19 reviews
Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

You're the pilot of a spaceship. You must defend against waves of enemies. Fly through the infinity of space, defend from alien ships, gather space flowers, shop for weapons and defeat the mighty mothership.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 91% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2026-08-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742022-09-202026-08-082022-09-20 — best price $4.492022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $4.492023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.242023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $3.742024-01-28 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-03-25 — best price $3.492024-04-01 — best price $4.992024-05-06 — best price $3.492024-05-13 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.242024-07-11 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $3.492025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-05-19 — best price $3.492025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $3.242025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $3.242025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.742025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $4.992026-06-26 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-01 — best price $0.742026-08-08 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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