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Broforce

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2015-10-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 01, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 15, 2015 (Mac), Aug 08, 2023 (Xbox One), Oct 15, 2015 (Linux)

Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.

Broforce is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2015, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 61009 reviews).

183
playing now
97%
positive of 61k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (368 ratings)
44
Nexus mods (32k downloads)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (66,735 ratings)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 64% recommend · from 43 critics
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Broforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons, rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.

Trailer

Broforce trailer thumbnail

Broforce - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈299,956 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 183 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,084 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~136/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61,087 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Gamesplanet$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.52 at 2game (2025-11-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 125 of 168 observed days · $0.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,045 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 962 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

608922026-09-14 20:00 — 165 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 119 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 173 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 170 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 134 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 142 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 161 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 92 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 240 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 257 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 107 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 107 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 239 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 111 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 338 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 608 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 181 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 245 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 337 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 238 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 225 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 187 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 189 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 183 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k131Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 361 · peak 822Aug 2014 — avg 193 · peak 360Dec 2014 — avg 214 · peak 544Apr 2015 — avg 212 · peak 484Aug 2015 — avg 321 · peak 815Dec 2015 — avg 697 · peak 1,850Apr 2016 — avg 350 · peak 774Aug 2016 — avg 447 · peak 778Dec 2016 — avg 731 · peak 2,426Apr 2017 — avg 318 · peak 620Aug 2017 — avg 337 · peak 578Dec 2017 — avg 525 · peak 1,315Apr 2018 — avg 257 · peak 535Aug 2018 — avg 256 · peak 468Dec 2018 — avg 318 · peak 785Apr 2019 — avg 215 · peak 468Aug 2019 — avg 237 · peak 744Dec 2019 — avg 306 · peak 684Apr 2020 — avg 422 · peak 1,269Aug 2020 — avg 219 · peak 362Dec 2020 — avg 290 · peak 669Apr 2021 — avg 238 · peak 552Aug 2021 — avg 738 · peak 4,285Dec 2021 — avg 300 · peak 762Apr 2022 — avg 221 · peak 449Aug 2022 — avg 255 · peak 443Dec 2022 — avg 324 · peak 747Apr 2023 — avg 235 · peak 920Aug 2023 — avg 885 · peak 2,870Dec 2023 — avg 324 · peak 865Apr 2024 — avg 236 · peak 493Aug 2024 — avg 301 · peak 558Dec 2024 — avg 278 · peak 657Apr 2025 — avg 200 · peak 411Aug 2025 — avg 239 · peak 467Dec 2025 — avg 278 · peak 656Apr 2026 — avg 191 · peak 441Aug 2026 — avg 230 · peak 466
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
15152026-09-302026-10-102026-09-30: 15 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.57$2.562015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.982015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-11-19 — best price $14.992016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-07-17 — best price $14.992016-12-09 — best price $3.752017-06-30 — best price $14.992017-12-27 — best price $14.992018-06-02 — best price $14.992018-12-04 — best price $3.752019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-02-12 — best price $15.272020-06-01 — best price $14.992021-01-20 — best price $3.742021-06-09 — best price $3.742021-09-13 — best price $14.992022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-04-23 — best price $4.022022-08-10 — best price $12.492022-12-12 — best price $3.742023-03-15 — best price $14.992023-06-20 — best price $12.592023-08-20 — best price $3.432023-11-22 — best price $2.992024-02-14 — best price $3.742024-05-02 — best price $2.562024-07-30 — best price $3.742024-11-05 — best price $2.992025-01-24 — best price $2.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-09 — best price $2.992026-02-05 — best price $2.992026-04-29 — best price $2.672026-07-02 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

225792026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-04 — 86 pageviews2026-06-08 — 105 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 105 pageviews2026-06-20 — 129 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-28 — 134 pageviews2026-07-02 — 120 pageviews2026-07-06 — 131 pageviews2026-07-10 — 91 pageviews2026-07-14 — 79 pageviews2026-07-18 — 105 pageviews2026-07-22 — 84 pageviews2026-07-26 — 101 pageviews2026-07-30 — 86 pageviews2026-08-03 — 225 pageviews2026-08-07 — 136 pageviews2026-08-11 — 106 pageviews2026-08-15 — 101 pageviews2026-08-19 — 98 pageviews2026-08-23 — 100 pageviews2026-08-27 — 79 pageviews2026-08-31 — 99 pageviews2026-09-04 — 100 pageviews2026-09-08 — 105 pageviews2026-09-12 — 104 pageviews2026-09-16 — 101 pageviews2026-09-20 — 94 pageviews2026-09-24 — 110 pageviews2026-09-28 — 201 pageviews2026-10-02 — 170 pageviews2026-10-06 — 184 pageviews2026-10-10 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5402026-10-02 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 00:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
76.7%
earned "You're Fired"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-10-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)66,1671%9
Steam (Steam)56,7342%17
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)15,8206%15
Switch (Nintendo)4250%0

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

2DGoreCo-opFunnyIndieRetroActionAmericaShooterPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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