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BROK the InvestiGator

COWCAT · 2022-08-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

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

Releases: Mar 01, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 26, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 21, 2024 (iOS), Oct 04, 2022 (Mac), Oct 04, 2022 (Linux), Mar 01, 2023 (Xbox One)

An innovative adventure mixed with beat 'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, what kind of detective will you be?

BROK the InvestiGator is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2022, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1295 reviews).

3
playing now
97%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (435 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

BROK the InvestiGator is a point-and-click beat 'em up indie game developed and self-published by independent French game studio COWCAT Games using GameMaker Studio 2. The game was successfully crowdfunded through Kickstarter.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 64 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (196 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–58k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.99 at GOG (2025-08-13) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 113 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19219220222026Week of 2022-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1222026-09-15 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
494Sep 2022Aug 2026Sep 2022 — avg 49 · peak 171Nov 2022 — avg 13 · peak 37Jan 2023 — avg 10 · peak 23Mar 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 8 · peak 17Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.82$7.992022-08-262026-10-142022-08-26 — best price $17.992022-10-19 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $15.992022-12-31 — best price $21.432023-02-27 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $21.822023-06-06 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $13.992023-09-28 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $15.992024-01-31 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $13.392024-04-23 — best price $13.392024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $11.992024-09-25 — best price $11.992024-11-04 — best price $11.992024-12-11 — best price $9.992025-01-17 — best price $19.992025-03-04 — best price $9.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-15 — best price $9.992026-01-12 — best price $9.992026-03-04 — best price $19.992026-04-15 — best price $9.992026-05-31 — best price $19.992026-07-24 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86172026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-05 — 71 pageviews2026-06-09 — 57 pageviews2026-06-13 — 52 pageviews2026-06-17 — 47 pageviews2026-06-21 — 86 pageviews2026-06-25 — 40 pageviews2026-06-29 — 50 pageviews2026-07-03 — 37 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-11 — 31 pageviews2026-07-15 — 22 pageviews2026-07-19 — 33 pageviews2026-07-23 — 27 pageviews2026-07-27 — 26 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 33 pageviews2026-08-08 — 18 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-16 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 33 pageviews2026-08-28 — 25 pageviews2026-09-01 — 42 pageviews2026-09-05 — 37 pageviews2026-09-09 — 19 pageviews2026-09-13 — 25 pageviews2026-09-17 — 24 pageviews2026-09-21 — 26 pageviews2026-09-25 — 22 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 19 pageviews2026-10-07 — 18 pageviews2026-10-11 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
83.8%
earned "Introduction completed"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableAdjustable Text Size4 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-08-26, latest 2026-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9120%43
Xbox One (Xbox)27311%29
PS5 (PlayStation)23222%30
PS4 (PlayStation)3741%30
PS4 (PlayStation)3135%30
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGActionMysteryCartoonyAdventureDetectiveDystopian SoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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