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Bot Vice cover art

Bot Vice

DYA Games · 2016-07-11

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 11, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 11, 2016 (Mac), Jul 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 11, 2016 (Linux)

Show off your skills & reflexes in this frantic gallery shooter action arcade, filled with bullets, bots and explosions! You play as Erin Saver, carrying out her personal vendetta against the criminal Wildbots.

Bot Vice is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 1488 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 140% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–89k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,488 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-12-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
919120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.492016-07-112026-08-232016-07-11 — best price $8.992016-11-23 — best price $7.492017-02-06 — best price $6.992017-04-10 — best price $11.992017-09-13 — best price $5.992017-12-11 — best price $0.492018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-03-23 — best price $4.992018-07-09 — best price $0.492018-09-24 — best price $0.992018-12-11 — best price $4.992019-05-04 — best price $7.992019-09-05 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-03-03 — best price $1.992021-07-09 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-03-03 — best price $1.992022-08-18 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-04-03 — best price $1.992023-09-15 — best price $1.992023-12-12 — best price $1.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-10-08 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-12 — best price $1.992025-07-14 — best price $1.992025-10-10 — best price $1.992026-01-06 — best price $1.992026-04-04 — best price $1.992026-07-10 — best price $4.992026-08-23 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
38.3%
earned "Fearless Thunder"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, German, French, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,1138%33
Switch (Nintendo)370%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyArcadeParody ShooterTop-DownDifficultBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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