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BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition cover art

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Frogmind · 2015-05-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 28, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 26, 2015 (PlayStation 3), May 28, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), May 26, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2015 (Linux), Aug 06, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 3285 reviews).

4
playing now
86%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (6,859 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition trailer thumbnail

BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition - Launch Trailer | PS4, PS3, PS Vita

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 119 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 82k–198k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,296 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-90%
Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-11-04) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 37 of 41 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11411420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
440Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2015 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2015 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2016 — avg 33 · peak 94Jun 2016 — avg 15 · peak 172Oct 2016 — avg 13 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 41Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 37Oct 2017 — avg 10 · peak 37Feb 2018 — avg 16 · peak 41Jun 2018 — avg 12 · peak 37Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 24Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 3 · peak 18Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2020 — avg 13 · peak 41Feb 2021 — avg 30 · peak 207Jun 2021 — avg 17 · peak 63Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 21Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.99$0.992015-05-262026-10-112015-05-26 — best price $8.492015-11-16 — best price $9.992015-12-23 — best price $4.992016-02-01 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $9.992016-07-19 — best price $9.992016-11-01 — best price $9.992017-02-06 — best price $9.992017-06-12 — best price $9.992017-08-14 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-05 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-05 — best price $1.192019-02-04 — best price $2.392019-05-27 — best price $1.792019-09-17 — best price $11.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-04-13 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-11 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-21 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $1.492026-09-11 — best price $1.792026-10-04 — best price $1.192026-10-11 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
31.7%
earned "Badlander"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,6642%78
Xbox One (Xbox)2,0270%77
Switch (Nintendo)1120%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionCasualPuzzleAdventureDifficultPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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