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Battle Brothers cover art

Battle Brothers

Overhype Studios · Hooded Horse · 2017-03-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 13, 2022 (Xbox One), Jan 13, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 10, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Battle Brothers is a 2017 RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 28,508 reviews).

1,367
playing now
88%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
169
twitch viewers (latest)
21.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (66 ratings)
953
Nexus mods (7.6M downloads)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (764 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 70% recommend · from 23 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,367 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Battle Brothers is a tactical role-playing game developed by Overhype Studios. It was released by Overhype on the PC in 2017, and console versions were released in 2021 and 2022. In 2025, Hooded Horse acquired the publishing rights for the Windows version of the game.

Trailer

Battle Brothers trailer thumbnail

Battle Brothers Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,367 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,741 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~343/week).
  • · Review velocity up 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 13,848 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 726k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,026 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$8.99-70%
Microsoft Store$8.99-70%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.71 at GameBillet (2026-03-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 118 of 171 observed days · $1.28 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78378320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k1.0k2026-09-14 20:00 — 1,882 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,146 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 1,621 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 1,864 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,386 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,434 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 1,785 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,175 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,354 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,173 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,206 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,088 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,697 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,201 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,335 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,276 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 1,360 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,071 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 1,651 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,759 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 1,469 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,612 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 1,849 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,367 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.9k33Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 77 · peak 318Aug 2015 — avg 66 · peak 228Dec 2015 — avg 36 · peak 70Apr 2016 — avg 108 · peak 273Aug 2016 — avg 114 · peak 383Dec 2016 — avg 213 · peak 540Apr 2017 — avg 1,571 · peak 3,181Aug 2017 — avg 343 · peak 590Dec 2017 — avg 510 · peak 903Apr 2018 — avg 459 · peak 855Aug 2018 — avg 384 · peak 695Dec 2018 — avg 1,887 · peak 4,617Apr 2019 — avg 582 · peak 1,044Aug 2019 — avg 675 · peak 1,262Dec 2019 — avg 833 · peak 1,386Apr 2020 — avg 832 · peak 1,354Aug 2020 — avg 2,918 · peak 8,055Dec 2020 — avg 979 · peak 1,562Apr 2021 — avg 1,043 · peak 2,174Aug 2021 — avg 1,147 · peak 1,862Dec 2021 — avg 1,185 · peak 1,793Apr 2022 — avg 2,212 · peak 3,758Aug 2022 — avg 1,541 · peak 2,895Dec 2022 — avg 1,061 · peak 1,675Apr 2023 — avg 1,673 · peak 3,282Aug 2023 — avg 1,007 · peak 1,605Dec 2023 — avg 1,437 · peak 2,209Apr 2024 — avg 1,216 · peak 2,043Aug 2024 — avg 1,424 · peak 2,330Dec 2024 — avg 1,144 · peak 1,841Apr 2025 — avg 1,697 · peak 2,853Aug 2025 — avg 1,262 · peak 1,914Dec 2025 — avg 1,363 · peak 2,124Apr 2026 — avg 1,510 · peak 2,424Aug 2026 — avg 1,953 · peak 3,349
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
27272026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 27 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 2 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$7.502015-04-282026-10-142015-04-28 — best price $19.992016-05-15 — best price $14.992017-02-11 — best price $19.992017-12-16 — best price $19.492018-06-21 — best price $17.992018-12-10 — best price $17.992019-05-13 — best price $29.992019-11-21 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $14.992020-07-20 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-04-05 — best price $29.992021-07-09 — best price $29.992021-11-03 — best price $29.992022-01-27 — best price $14.992022-04-23 — best price $29.992022-08-12 — best price $29.992022-11-18 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $14.992023-04-29 — best price $29.992023-09-12 — best price $14.992023-12-15 — best price $12.002024-03-08 — best price $14.992024-06-19 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $29.992025-02-10 — best price $29.992025-05-24 — best price $29.992025-09-17 — best price $14.992025-12-11 — best price $7.502026-02-09 — best price $8.992026-03-24 — best price $26.992026-05-07 — best price $9.002026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-08-07 — best price $9.002026-09-08 — best price $8.992026-09-28 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124282026-05-29 — 48 pageviews2026-06-02 — 56 pageviews2026-06-06 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 37 pageviews2026-06-14 — 45 pageviews2026-06-18 — 54 pageviews2026-06-22 — 45 pageviews2026-06-26 — 55 pageviews2026-06-30 — 57 pageviews2026-07-04 — 124 pageviews2026-07-08 — 58 pageviews2026-07-12 — 80 pageviews2026-07-16 — 57 pageviews2026-07-20 — 54 pageviews2026-07-24 — 48 pageviews2026-07-28 — 50 pageviews2026-08-01 — 35 pageviews2026-08-05 — 62 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 63 pageviews2026-08-17 — 47 pageviews2026-08-21 — 51 pageviews2026-08-25 — 46 pageviews2026-08-29 — 64 pageviews2026-09-02 — 49 pageviews2026-09-06 — 47 pageviews2026-09-10 — 45 pageviews2026-09-14 — 55 pageviews2026-09-18 — 38 pageviews2026-09-22 — 45 pageviews2026-09-26 — 40 pageviews2026-09-30 — 36 pageviews2026-10-04 — 42 pageviews2026-10-07 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35802026-09-30 18:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 274 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 133 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 145 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 67 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 190 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 221 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 266 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 238 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 169 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "Bloody Toll"
36.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing9 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2017-03-24, latest 2022-03-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,8591%101
PS4 (PlayStation)3223%85
Xbox One (Xbox)2111%100
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGWarActionSandboxMedievalStrategyTacticalOpen WorldSimulationReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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