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BRINK

Splash Damage · Bethesda Softworks · 2011-05-09

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 10, 2011 (PlayStation 3), May 10, 2011 (Xbox 360), May 10, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You decide the combat role you want to assume in the world of Brink as you fight to save yourself and mankind’s last refuge!

BRINK is a 2011 Action and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 8157 reviews).

4
playing now
63%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (240 downloads)
14h
to beat · rushed 9h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Brink is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2011. In Brink, two factions, Resistance and Security, battle in a once-utopian city called The Ark, a floating city above the waters of a flooded Earth.

Trailer

BRINK trailer thumbnail

Brink - Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 192 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
727220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-09-15 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 16 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3777Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 154 · peak 417Dec 2012 — avg 62 · peak 160May 2013 — avg 40 · peak 100Oct 2013 — avg 31 · peak 83Mar 2014 — avg 25 · peak 68Aug 2014 — avg 21 · peak 54Jan 2015 — avg 22 · peak 61Jun 2015 — avg 17 · peak 47Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 53Apr 2016 — avg 12 · peak 37Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 34Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 33Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 44Dec 2017 — avg 45 · peak 114May 2018 — avg 28 · peak 62Oct 2018 — avg 22 · peak 48Mar 2019 — avg 25 · peak 51Aug 2019 — avg 18 · peak 38Jan 2020 — avg 17 · peak 38Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 38Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 26Nov 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$22.21$2.632015-01-012018-10-252015-01-01 — best price $6.092015-01-15 — best price $20.952015-01-24 — best price $11.192015-01-31 — best price $19.992015-02-25 — best price $22.212015-03-13 — best price $20.952015-03-24 — best price $20.952015-04-03 — best price $20.952015-04-15 — best price $20.952015-04-22 — best price $21.492015-04-30 — best price $11.102015-05-11 — best price $19.992015-05-21 — best price $11.112015-05-28 — best price $20.952015-06-04 — best price $20.952015-07-08 — best price $15.422015-07-23 — best price $8.592015-08-13 — best price $11.132015-11-07 — best price $17.792015-11-30 — best price $19.992015-12-23 — best price $20.952016-01-26 — best price $19.992016-03-22 — best price $3.742016-04-22 — best price $3.842016-06-24 — best price $7.772016-07-07 — best price $7.492016-07-22 — best price $7.112016-08-09 — best price $7.992016-10-18 — best price $6.572016-11-30 — best price $7.112017-01-02 — best price $7.992017-03-03 — best price $7.992017-04-22 — best price $7.112017-08-01 — best price $4.002017-08-07 — best price $4.002018-10-25 — best price $9.54
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

177812026-06-01 — 102 pageviews2026-06-05 — 127 pageviews2026-06-09 — 136 pageviews2026-06-13 — 105 pageviews2026-06-17 — 130 pageviews2026-06-21 — 90 pageviews2026-06-25 — 176 pageviews2026-06-29 — 99 pageviews2026-07-03 — 101 pageviews2026-07-07 — 167 pageviews2026-07-11 — 148 pageviews2026-07-15 — 105 pageviews2026-07-19 — 148 pageviews2026-07-23 — 134 pageviews2026-07-27 — 109 pageviews2026-07-31 — 121 pageviews2026-08-04 — 151 pageviews2026-08-08 — 126 pageviews2026-08-12 — 177 pageviews2026-08-16 — 146 pageviews2026-08-20 — 113 pageviews2026-08-24 — 125 pageviews2026-08-28 — 100 pageviews2026-09-01 — 128 pageviews2026-09-05 — 116 pageviews2026-09-09 — 127 pageviews2026-09-13 — 120 pageviews2026-09-17 — 101 pageviews2026-09-21 — 97 pageviews2026-09-25 — 99 pageviews2026-09-29 — 171 pageviews2026-10-03 — 95 pageviews2026-10-07 — 91 pageviews2026-10-11 — 112 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
68.8%
earned "I live… again!"
11.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2011-08-03, latest 2011-08-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)41,9814%43
PS3 (PlayStation)34,6836%44
Steam (Steam)29,3962%43
PS3 (PlayStation)68255%37
Xbox 360 (Xbox)44029%36

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opActionSci-fiParkourShooterTeam-BasedClass-BasedMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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