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BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition

Frogmind · 2015-05-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

6
playing now
86%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 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 20% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 82k–197k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,285 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 0 of 1 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

902026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 19:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionCasualPuzzleAdventureDifficultPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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