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Bell Ringer

Night Node Software · 2016-03-18

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bell Ringer is a fast paced arena PvP brawler with local and online multiplayer. Gather your friends and brace yourselves for some intense brawling! Choose between five unique characters with different weapons, special moves and styles.

Bell Ringer is an Action, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2016, which is free-to-play, with a Mostly Negative review sentiment (25% of 427 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
25%
positive of 425 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (148 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2016-04-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11811820162026Week of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.002016-02-192023-12-222016-02-19 — best price $6.992016-03-18 — best price $5.942016-03-25 — best price $6.992016-04-28 — best price $0.692016-05-02 — best price $6.992016-05-23 — best price $0.692016-05-30 — best price $6.992016-06-23 — best price $0.692016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-07-25 — best price $0.692016-08-02 — best price $6.992016-09-26 — best price $0.692016-10-03 — best price $6.992016-10-28 — best price $0.692016-11-01 — best price $6.992016-11-23 — best price $0.692016-11-29 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $0.692017-01-02 — best price $6.992017-01-30 — best price $0.692017-02-06 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
6.6%
earned "Squire"
5.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28535%15

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

Player tags

IndieActionFightingPlatformerMultiplayerFree to Play

Census log

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

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