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Beasts of Burden

Studio Dread LLC · 2022-04-06

Steam

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Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Revisiting a childhood classic, Beasts of Burden is a disturbing experience that will traumatize your child-self. Explore a Groundhog-Day scenario where all is not as it seems, and discover the horrifying truth lying just under the surface in this impactful psychological horror nostalgia trip.

76%
positive of 107 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 34,992 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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