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Boiling Steel

MIROWIN · 2020-03-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 05, 2020 (SteamVR)

"Boiling Steel" - is a sci-fi story-based FPS VR shooter. You are one of many who set off in search of a better life in the distant bastion of scientific progress. Immerse yourself in the thick of events and witness the inexplicable global cataclysm.

Boiling Steel is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 379 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 379 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (66 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.6k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 379 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-05) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420192026Week of 2019-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 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$2.992019-12-052026-08-072019-12-05 — best price $17.992020-01-30 — best price $13.992020-04-23 — best price $9.992020-07-16 — best price $9.992020-09-24 — best price $14.992020-11-21 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $14.992021-05-21 — best price $14.992021-08-05 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-16 — best price $14.992022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-04-21 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-09-01 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-02-09 — best price $5.992023-04-06 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-09-27 — best price $7.492023-12-11 — best price $5.992024-02-13 — best price $11.012024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $5.242024-09-02 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-02-26 — best price $7.492025-04-12 — best price $5.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-08-16 — best price $11.012025-11-04 — best price $7.492026-01-16 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-05-01 — best price $14.992026-05-30 — best price $11.222026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-07 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRFPSIndieActionHorrorPuzzleSci-fiParkourPhysicsSandbox

Census log

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

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