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Bartholomew.exe

BrickLayer Studios · 2025-07-22

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this short FPS horror experience you are thrown into a maze where the game's state shifts between Nightmare and Dream, you are hunted by the monster Bartholomew in the nightmare and you get to hunt him in the dream. Upgrade your revolver, stock up on traps and kill Bartholomew.

Bartholomew.exe is an Action, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2025, with a Positive review sentiment (85% of 39 reviews).

85%
positive of 39 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720252026Week of 2025-07-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing

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