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BROK the InvestiGator - Prologue cover art

BROK the InvestiGator - Prologue

COWCAT · 2020-12-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

The very first PUNCH & CLICK! Brok is 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 - Prologue is an Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (97% of 307 reviews).

0
playing now
97%
positive of 307 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (70 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920202026Week of 2020-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41Dec 2020Sep 2022Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2022

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionNarrated Game Menus

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

Player tags

RPGActionLinearMysteryAdventureDetectiveDystopian Story RichAtmosphericBeat 'em up

Census log

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