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Berserk Boy cover art

Berserk Boy

BerserkBoy Games · 2024-03-06

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 18, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Mar 06, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 06, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!

85%
positive of 427 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$20.00
steam price (US)

In the distant future… Driven insane by his obsession with Berserk Force Orbs, the diabolical Dr. Genos and his army of Dark Energy minions wage war on the people of Earth. Hope for all humanity rests with The Resistance, but are they enough? As the battle begins, a new hero joins the fight… Kei, a young, inexperienced rookie, is transformed by mysterious Orb energy into BERSERK BOY! As the shadow of evil looms ever larger, Kei knows he must use his new powers to defeat Dr. Genos and save the planet. Because when all else fails, there is only one thing for it… GO BERSERK!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (139 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.5k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 427 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$20.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.00 at Steam (2026-06-20) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $20.00 · on sale 22 of 50 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13113120242026Week of 2024-03-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$20.00$6.002024-03-062026-08-302024-03-06 — best price $18.002024-06-10 — best price $15.002024-07-29 — best price $14.002024-09-17 — best price $13.992024-10-09 — best price $14.392024-10-28 — best price $19.992024-11-14 — best price $20.002024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-14 — best price $12.002025-01-07 — best price $11.992025-01-20 — best price $8.152025-01-27 — best price $14.392025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-02 — best price $15.752025-03-14 — best price $8.162025-04-03 — best price $11.992025-04-15 — best price $11.992025-04-30 — best price $9.992025-05-20 — best price $9.992025-06-05 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $10.002025-07-25 — best price $20.002025-08-25 — best price $10.002025-09-17 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $10.002025-10-28 — best price $9.992025-12-05 — best price $20.002026-01-08 — best price $9.992026-02-04 — best price $19.992026-03-13 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $10.002026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $8.992026-08-27 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "The Adventure Begins! "
15.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6862%21
PS5 (PlayStation)15710%22
Switch (Nintendo)520%0

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

Player tags

2DAnimeRetroActionRobotsSci-fiAdventureDifficultOld SchoolPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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