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Bartlow's Dread Machine cover art

Bartlow's Dread Machine

Beep Games, Inc. · 2020-09-29

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2020 (Xbox One)

An artifact from the past returns in Bartlow's Dread Machine, a game from the dawn of the Electric Age. Dread Machine is a dual stick arcade shooter with single player and couch co-op modes, six scintillating game worlds and a cast of improbable monsters and characters.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 92 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 70% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.94 at Steam (2020-12-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Census log

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

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