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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Bartlow's Dread Machine is an Action game released in 2020, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $5.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 92 reviews).

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320202026Week of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "I'll Take This To Go"
14.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieRetroActionArcadeShooterStylizedSteampunkBullet HellLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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