The Game Census
Barbearian cover art

Barbearian

Kimmo Lahtinen · Kimmo Factor Oy · 2018-08-14

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 29, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2018 (iOS), Aug 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Barbearian is a fast-paced hack'n'slash with massive battles in a colorful, hand-drawn world. Fight for your life, discover the secrets of the Arbitrators and find your way back home!

78%
positive of 88 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 65% of 12,953 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2024-12-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182025Week of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.592018-08-152026-07-272018-08-15 — best price $13.492019-02-04 — best price $11.242019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-03-02 — best price $11.992020-07-09 — best price $11.992020-10-05 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-03-29 — best price $11.992021-08-09 — best price $5.092021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-03-28 — best price $7.492022-06-06 — best price $7.492022-08-01 — best price $7.492022-10-24 — best price $7.492022-12-23 — best price $4.412023-02-27 — best price $6.492023-04-10 — best price $6.492023-07-31 — best price $5.192023-10-30 — best price $3.892023-12-21 — best price $3.892024-02-26 — best price $3.242024-04-08 — best price $3.242024-06-27 — best price $3.242024-08-26 — best price $3.242024-11-18 — best price $3.242024-12-20 — best price $2.592025-02-17 — best price $3.242025-03-31 — best price $3.242025-06-26 — best price $2.592025-09-22 — best price $2.592025-12-18 — best price $6.492026-03-02 — best price $5.192026-05-04 — best price $6.492026-07-20 — best price $6.492026-07-27 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only Option1 DLC

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

Player tags

CuteLootFunnyArcadeFantasySurrealColorfulIsometricHand-drawnOld School

Census log

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

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