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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials cover art

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials

Unspeakable Pixels · DANGEN Entertainment · 2020-10-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 15, 2021 (Xbox One)

Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!

81%
positive of 289 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

*Crash* ...That was the sound of you landing face first in an abyss filled with monsters, traps, and eldritch secrets. But hey, it's ok barbarian, you are not alone: Pip, your best friend -and mysteriously luminous bat- is with you. And it's only by truly working together that you'll be able to solve the abyss' puzzles, fight off its hungry denizens, discover its true purpose and maybe -just maybe- make it out alive with the secrets of the primordials.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (49 reviews).
  • · Top 53% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.49-70%
GOG$4.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.49-70%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-10-29) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 56 of 86 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820202026Week of 2020-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.992020-10-152026-08-302020-10-15 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-04-29 — best price $12.992021-08-16 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-27 — best price $11.992022-04-11 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-20 — best price $11.992023-05-30 — best price $14.992023-09-05 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-01-18 — best price $5.992024-03-04 — best price $8.992024-04-17 — best price $14.992024-06-13 — best price $14.992024-08-01 — best price $14.992024-09-25 — best price $5.992024-11-21 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-04-09 — best price $14.992025-05-09 — best price $7.492025-06-03 — best price $13.392025-07-12 — best price $11.012025-09-17 — best price $5.992025-10-22 — best price $14.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-01-21 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-01 — best price $5.992026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-08-10 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $4.492026-08-30 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "What kind of barbarian is this?"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5891%50
PS4 (PlayStation)2181%51
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)1294%50
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGFunnyIndieRetroActionAdventurePlatformerDark FantasyMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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