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Brigador: Up-Armored Edition cover art

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Stellar Jockeys · 2016-06-02

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 02, 2016 (Mac), Jun 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 02, 2016 (Linux)

Pilot a mech to hunt down and destroy the oppressive government of a cyberpunk autocracy. In this fast-paced, top-down shooter, use overwhelming firepower to destroy columns of tanks and level buildings. Unlock up to 56 unique vehicles and 40 weapons.

24
playing now
93%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
50h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 100h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Brigador is an isometric real-time tactical game from independent studio Stellar Jockeys, released on October 16, 2015 on early access. It officially left early access on June 2, 2016. The game has been compared to the Syndicate and MechWarrior series.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 200 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (612 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 146k–350k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,826 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.49-74%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.49 at Steam (2025-11-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
60560520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4892026-08-06 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$6.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $15.002016-07-15 — best price $19.992016-11-23 — best price $9.992017-06-22 — best price $19.992017-11-07 — best price $13.992018-06-04 — best price $8.992018-12-28 — best price $13.992019-05-20 — best price $12.992019-08-06 — best price $12.992019-11-26 — best price $12.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-26 — best price $8.992020-12-16 — best price $8.992021-03-05 — best price $29.992021-06-28 — best price $19.992021-11-15 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-23 — best price $8.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-05-30 — best price $8.992023-09-25 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-25 — best price $8.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-05-29 — best price $24.992024-09-10 — best price $24.992024-11-26 — best price $8.992025-02-10 — best price $24.992025-05-01 — best price $7.992025-07-17 — best price $7.492025-10-07 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-15 — best price $6.492026-08-16 — best price $24.992026-08-24 — best price $6.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

304172026-05-29 — 69 pageviews2026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 33 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-16 — 54 pageviews2026-06-19 — 53 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 38 pageviews2026-06-28 — 38 pageviews2026-07-01 — 35 pageviews2026-07-04 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 40 pageviews2026-07-10 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 50 pageviews2026-07-19 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 28 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-06 — 54 pageviews2026-08-09 — 48 pageviews2026-08-12 — 32 pageviews2026-08-15 — 52 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 232 pageviews2026-08-24 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Terms and Conditions"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam Cloud6 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,3271%65

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

Player tags

IndieMechsActionSci-fiShooterTop-DownCyberpunkDifficultIsometricRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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