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BRINK cover art

BRINK

Splash Damage · Bethesda Softworks · 2011-05-09

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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!

12
playing now
63%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
44/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 9h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 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 13% of 10,862 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

1432026-08-06 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

177772026-06-01 — 102 pageviews2026-06-04 — 91 pageviews2026-06-07 — 163 pageviews2026-06-10 — 102 pageviews2026-06-13 — 105 pageviews2026-06-16 — 110 pageviews2026-06-19 — 117 pageviews2026-06-22 — 97 pageviews2026-06-25 — 176 pageviews2026-06-28 — 137 pageviews2026-07-01 — 126 pageviews2026-07-04 — 144 pageviews2026-07-07 — 167 pageviews2026-07-10 — 139 pageviews2026-07-13 — 138 pageviews2026-07-16 — 116 pageviews2026-07-19 — 148 pageviews2026-07-22 — 117 pageviews2026-07-25 — 110 pageviews2026-07-28 — 91 pageviews2026-07-31 — 121 pageviews2026-08-03 — 160 pageviews2026-08-06 — 106 pageviews2026-08-09 — 127 pageviews2026-08-12 — 177 pageviews2026-08-15 — 103 pageviews2026-08-18 — 141 pageviews2026-08-21 — 101 pageviews2026-08-24 — 125 pageviews2026-08-27 — 106 pageviews2026-08-29 — 115 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

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.

Player tags

FPSCo-opActionSci-fiParkourShooterTeam-BasedClass-BasedMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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