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Brotato cover art

Brotato

Blobfish · 2023-06-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 30, 2024 (Xbox One), Jan 30, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 21, 2023 (Android)

Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

Brotato is a $4.99 Action, Casual, Indie, and RPG game released in 2023, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 117523 reviews).

4,474
playing now
96%
positive of 118k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,082
twitch viewers (latest)
74/100
IGDB user rating (127 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

4,474 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Brotato is a 2023 top-down shoot 'em up roguelike video game developed by French independent developer Thomas Gervraud under the studio name Blobfish. Later development was taken over by Evil Empire under Blobfish's oversight.

Trailer

Brotato trailer thumbnail

Brotato - Full Release Trailer

≈202,940 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,474 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,506 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,313/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117,523 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.45 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 27 of 58 observed days · $2.54 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15k15k20222026Week of 2022-09-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5,793 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 267 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10,464 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,331 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,227 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,856 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,930 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,234 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,552 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,362 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,930 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,694 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,599 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,435 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15,478 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,794 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,357 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,350 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,185 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,979 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4,482 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,936 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,806 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,209 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,463 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,193 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,052 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,372 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,560 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,278 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,117 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,404 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,076 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,123 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,252 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12k4.3k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,885 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6,412 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 11,643 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 5,388 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 7,763 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 11,840 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,634 players2026-08-09 09:00 — 10,375 players2026-08-09 17:00 — 8,570 players2026-08-10 01:00 — 4,377 players2026-08-10 09:00 — 7,926 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 7,265 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 4,436 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 7,953 players2026-08-12 05:00 — 6,285 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 10,196 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 5,522 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 7,376 players2026-08-17 12:00 — 9,511 players2026-08-18 19:00 — 5,952 players2026-08-20 03:00 — 5,336 players2026-08-21 10:00 — 7,832 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 7,629 players2026-08-24 01:00 — 4,531 players2026-08-25 09:00 — 7,482 players2026-08-26 17:00 — 7,444 players2026-08-28 01:00 — 4,260 players2026-08-29 08:00 — 9,147 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,474 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-09-272026-08-302022-09-27 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-08-17 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $3.742024-02-03 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-29 — best price $4.992024-08-07 — best price $4.992024-11-08 — best price $4.992024-12-05 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-13 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-14 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-08-24 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-11 — best price $2.992026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-04-23 — best price $4.992026-05-15 — best price $4.992026-06-05 — best price $2.372026-06-14 — best price $4.762026-06-23 — best price $4.992026-06-30 — best price $2.862026-07-22 — best price $2.992026-08-07 — best price $4.762026-08-28 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

158662026-05-13 — 158 pageviews2026-05-16 — 140 pageviews2026-05-19 — 138 pageviews2026-05-22 — 122 pageviews2026-05-25 — 112 pageviews2026-05-28 — 98 pageviews2026-05-31 — 106 pageviews2026-06-03 — 96 pageviews2026-06-06 — 98 pageviews2026-06-09 — 109 pageviews2026-06-12 — 102 pageviews2026-06-15 — 79 pageviews2026-06-18 — 100 pageviews2026-06-21 — 85 pageviews2026-06-24 — 74 pageviews2026-06-27 — 100 pageviews2026-06-30 — 94 pageviews2026-07-03 — 126 pageviews2026-07-06 — 99 pageviews2026-07-09 — 104 pageviews2026-07-12 — 107 pageviews2026-07-15 — 102 pageviews2026-07-18 — 109 pageviews2026-07-21 — 117 pageviews2026-07-24 — 96 pageviews2026-07-27 — 76 pageviews2026-07-30 — 76 pageviews2026-08-02 — 84 pageviews2026-08-05 — 83 pageviews2026-08-08 — 71 pageviews2026-08-11 — 102 pageviews2026-08-14 — 91 pageviews2026-08-17 — 85 pageviews2026-08-20 — 84 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-24 — 89 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.1k02026-08-26 19:15 — 22 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 923 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,082 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "Survivor 1"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud3 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55,3692%179
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)32,3572%115
PS5 (PlayStation)5,6277%78
PS4 (PlayStation)2,0589%78
Switch, Switch 2 (Nintendo)7090%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

ArcadeCasualSci-fiSurvivalRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellLocal Co-OpMultiplayerReplay Value

Census log

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

Recent updates

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