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Bloodroots cover art

Bloodroots

Paper Cult · 2021-03-12

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 15, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 15, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 03, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.

Bloodroots is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 310 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 310 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (80 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Bloodroots is a hack and slash video game developed by Paper Cult. The game was released on February 28, 2020, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows, and later for Xbox Series X/S on 15 July 2021. Drawing inspiration from the Western genre, players assume the role of Mr. Wolf, a man driven by a quest for revenge after being betrayed.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (67 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 310 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-03-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320212026Week of 2021-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992019-12-132026-10-092019-12-13 — best price $17.992020-03-05 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-08-28 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $12.992022-04-01 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $8.992022-06-24 — best price $6.992022-09-19 — best price $8.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $6.992023-02-02 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-01-29 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-26 — best price $3.992026-07-25 — best price $3.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-30 — 5 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 4 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 4 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3 pageviews2026-08-27 — 9 pageviews2026-08-31 — 4 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-09 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
64.6%
earned "King of the forest"
10.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)10,9889%33
Steam (Steam)4427%33
PS4 (PlayStation)41115%34
PS5 (PlayStation)5919%34
Switch (Nintendo)290%0

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

Player tags

GoreBloodActionCombatCartoonViolentWesternTop-DownDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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