The Game Census
B.I.O.T.A. cover art

B.I.O.T.A.

small bros · Retrovibe · 2022-04-12

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

88%
positive of 261 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4h
to beat · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$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 55% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-65%

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 32 of 59 observed days · at its 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$3.492022-03-212026-08-302022-03-21 — best price $8.992022-06-06 — best price $7.992022-08-19 — best price $7.992022-10-27 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-12 — best price $7.492023-01-31 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $9.992023-09-01 — best price $5.992023-11-06 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $5.592024-05-29 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $5.592024-09-02 — best price $9.992024-10-30 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-04-14 — best price $4.492025-05-28 — best price $4.492025-07-17 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $9.992026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-02-20 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-08 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $3.492026-08-27 — best price $3.492026-08-30 — best price $3.49
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

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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