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Broforce cover art

Broforce

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2015-10-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

155
playing now
97%
positive of 61k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (368 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

155 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 155 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,277 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~160/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 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 60,963 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
Gamesplanet$2.99-80%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
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 91 of 140 observed days · $0.47 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek 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: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3811212026-08-06 21:00 — 174 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 185 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 344 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 191 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 219 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 357 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 198 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 259 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 381 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 206 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 192 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 358 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 160 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 180 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 379 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 144 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 180 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 347 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 213 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 149 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 244 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 193 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 171 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 248 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 211 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 140 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 284 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 237 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 155 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.57$2.562015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

225752026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-09 — 95 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 125 pageviews2026-06-18 — 112 pageviews2026-06-21 — 113 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-27 — 142 pageviews2026-06-30 — 106 pageviews2026-07-03 — 118 pageviews2026-07-06 — 131 pageviews2026-07-09 — 101 pageviews2026-07-12 — 96 pageviews2026-07-15 — 97 pageviews2026-07-18 — 105 pageviews2026-07-21 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 166 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-30 — 86 pageviews2026-08-02 — 95 pageviews2026-08-05 — 101 pageviews2026-08-08 — 103 pageviews2026-08-11 — 106 pageviews2026-08-14 — 95 pageviews2026-08-17 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 99 pageviews2026-08-23 — 100 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews2026-08-28 — 94 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

502026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 5 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

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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