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Brotato

Blobfish · 2023-06-23

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ActionCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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).

8,079
playing now
96%
positive of 120k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
44
twitch viewers (latest)
7.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
74/100
IGDB user rating (127 ratings)
4.76★
PlayStation Store rating (4,492 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 57% recommend · from 7 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

8,079 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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
  • · 8,079 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,175 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,272/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 2.4M–5.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 119,764 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99-20%
GOG$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 98 observed days · $1.54 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: 992 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 942 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

13k2.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 10,157 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 3,631 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 2,275 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 5,728 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 6,567 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 6,480 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 7,764 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 10,617 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 11,895 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 7,335 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 5,845 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4,761 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3,795 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 9,933 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 6,574 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 6,094 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 7,908 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 6,823 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 4,510 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 9,314 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 10,457 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 3,758 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 6,506 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 11,311 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 3,718 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 7,953 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 13,259 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 4,668 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 7,199 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 10,940 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 5,762 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 7,938 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 9,064 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 5,994 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 8,079 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17k3.3kOct 2022Aug 2026Oct 2022 — avg 14,485 · peak 30,369Dec 2022 — avg 8,735 · peak 18,335Feb 2023 — avg 8,715 · peak 23,877Apr 2023 — avg 9,396 · peak 19,728Jun 2023 — avg 7,903 · peak 32,073Aug 2023 — avg 7,793 · peak 14,847Oct 2023 — avg 5,076 · peak 9,586Dec 2023 — avg 5,211 · peak 9,962Feb 2024 — avg 4,342 · peak 7,497Apr 2024 — avg 4,258 · peak 8,578Jun 2024 — avg 3,251 · peak 6,053Aug 2024 — avg 3,580 · peak 6,022Oct 2024 — avg 8,391 · peak 36,181Dec 2024 — avg 11,369 · peak 24,133Feb 2025 — avg 7,397 · peak 13,373Apr 2025 — avg 6,254 · peak 11,402Jun 2025 — avg 5,901 · peak 11,452Aug 2025 — avg 5,409 · peak 10,206Oct 2025 — avg 6,170 · peak 12,879Dec 2025 — avg 5,980 · peak 10,648Feb 2026 — avg 7,109 · peak 13,864Apr 2026 — avg 5,790 · peak 11,533Jun 2026 — avg 8,015 · peak 14,860Aug 2026 — avg 7,389 · peak 13,607
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#63#632026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #632026-09-16 — #632026-09-17 — #63
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
71712026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 34 new positive2026-09-16: 3 new negative2026-09-17: 42 new positive2026-09-17: 2 new negative2026-09-19: 33 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 20 new positive2026-09-20: 1 new negative2026-09-21: 32 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 27 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 21 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 36 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 26 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 32 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new negative2026-09-29: 47 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 18 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 27 new positive2026-10-03: 24 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 24 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 31 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 31 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 22 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 28 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 30 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 71 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 24 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.002022-09-272026-10-142022-09-27 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-11-22 — best price $3.742024-01-13 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-09-23 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-03 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-08-24 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-04-26 — best price $4.992026-05-27 — best price $4.992026-06-13 — best price $3.792026-06-23 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-30 — best price $4.522026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $4.992026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

158662026-05-13 — 158 pageviews2026-05-17 — 143 pageviews2026-05-21 — 120 pageviews2026-05-25 — 112 pageviews2026-05-29 — 116 pageviews2026-06-02 — 91 pageviews2026-06-06 — 98 pageviews2026-06-10 — 101 pageviews2026-06-14 — 70 pageviews2026-06-18 — 100 pageviews2026-06-22 — 91 pageviews2026-06-26 — 133 pageviews2026-06-30 — 94 pageviews2026-07-04 — 117 pageviews2026-07-08 — 113 pageviews2026-07-12 — 107 pageviews2026-07-16 — 114 pageviews2026-07-20 — 109 pageviews2026-07-24 — 96 pageviews2026-07-28 — 92 pageviews2026-08-01 — 89 pageviews2026-08-05 — 83 pageviews2026-08-09 — 92 pageviews2026-08-13 — 101 pageviews2026-08-17 — 85 pageviews2026-08-21 — 115 pageviews2026-08-25 — 100 pageviews2026-08-29 — 85 pageviews2026-09-02 — 77 pageviews2026-09-06 — 108 pageviews2026-09-10 — 100 pageviews2026-09-14 — 102 pageviews2026-09-18 — 117 pageviews2026-09-22 — 112 pageviews2026-09-26 — 88 pageviews2026-09-30 — 118 pageviews2026-10-04 — 131 pageviews2026-10-08 — 150 pageviews2026-10-12 — 142 pageviews2026-10-13 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

74802026-09-30 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 252 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 516 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 44 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-10-25, latest 2026-12-31 (Steam store data)

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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