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B.I.O.T.A.

small bros · Retrovibe · 2022-04-12

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.

B.I.O.T.A. is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 261 reviews).

88%
positive of 262 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 262 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 62 of 95 observed days · $6.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020222026Week of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.492022-03-212026-10-142022-03-21 — best price $8.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-09-22 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-02-14 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $6.492023-10-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-18 — best price $5.992024-03-04 — best price $5.592024-04-15 — best price $5.592024-06-19 — best price $5.592024-08-15 — best price $5.592024-10-30 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-24 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-04-30 — best price $4.492025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $3.992025-12-01 — best price $3.992026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-03-04 — best price $9.992026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $3.492026-08-29 — best price $3.492026-09-06 — best price $3.492026-09-14 — best price $3.492026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $3.492026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
61.9%
earned "4 Colors' Enthusiast"
7.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-06-23, latest 2022-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4072%24

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

Player tags

1980sMechsRetroAliensArcadeCasualColorfulOld SchoolPlatformerMetroidvania

Census log

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

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