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BattleBlock Theater® cover art

BattleBlock Theater®

The Behemoth · 2014-05-15

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 18, 2015 (Mac), May 15, 2014 (Linux), Apr 03, 2013 (Xbox 360), May 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

130
playing now
97%
positive of 73k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (207 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 43h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

130 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

BattleBlock Theater is a 2013 platform game developed by The Behemoth and published by Microsoft Studios for Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is the third title from The Behemoth, following Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade on April 3, 2013, and later temporarily made free via Games with Gold on July 16, 2014. On July 26, 2024, a quality-of-life update and future console releases were announced for the game.

Trailer

BattleBlock Theater® trailer thumbnail

BattleBlock Theater - Launch Trailer

≈353,823 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 130 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,223 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~153/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.8M–4.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72,842 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.74-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 722 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 678 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 738 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 589 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 544 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

159572026-08-06 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 101 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 105 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 69 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 102 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 159 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 130 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 112 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 82 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 109 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 86 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 102 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 105 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 96 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 65 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 95 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 98 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 89 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 107 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 72 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 105 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-06-18 — best price $1.492015-10-29 — best price $5.092015-11-25 — best price $3.742016-06-23 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-02-14 — best price $7.492017-10-26 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-02-14 — best price $5.242018-10-30 — best price $2.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-08-29 — best price $5.992019-11-10 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-02-28 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-08-31 — best price $2.992023-11-22 — best price $4.492024-02-12 — best price $4.492024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-30 — best price $4.492024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-26 — best price $4.492025-08-30 — best price $4.492025-11-24 — best price $4.492026-02-09 — best price $4.492026-03-28 — best price $4.492026-08-26 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

154452026-05-29 — 74 pageviews2026-06-01 — 90 pageviews2026-06-04 — 83 pageviews2026-06-07 — 58 pageviews2026-06-10 — 70 pageviews2026-06-13 — 85 pageviews2026-06-16 — 74 pageviews2026-06-19 — 104 pageviews2026-06-22 — 100 pageviews2026-06-25 — 76 pageviews2026-06-28 — 82 pageviews2026-07-01 — 154 pageviews2026-07-04 — 99 pageviews2026-07-07 — 73 pageviews2026-07-10 — 90 pageviews2026-07-13 — 95 pageviews2026-07-16 — 74 pageviews2026-07-19 — 87 pageviews2026-07-22 — 72 pageviews2026-07-25 — 70 pageviews2026-07-28 — 102 pageviews2026-07-31 — 86 pageviews2026-08-03 — 45 pageviews2026-08-06 — 77 pageviews2026-08-09 — 68 pageviews2026-08-12 — 93 pageviews2026-08-15 — 78 pageviews2026-08-18 — 68 pageviews2026-08-21 — 84 pageviews2026-08-24 — 64 pageviews2026-08-26 — 67 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1802026-08-26 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 11 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
85.8%
earned "Cast Member"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCatsCo-opFunnyActionCasualComedyPlatformerLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

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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