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Brukel

Bob De Schutter · Lifelong Games · 2019-11-03

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A first-person exploration game based on the actual memories of a 92-year-old grandmother, told to players in her own voice. Take pictures of what remains of her abandoned childhood home to uncover the dark, traumatic events that she had to fight through as a teenage girl.

89%
positive of 235 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520192026Week of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

12
achievements tracked
63.1%
earned "Saint of the Mentally Ill"
25.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSurround Sound

7 supported languages: English, Dutch, Spanish - Spain, German, Russian, French, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26438%12

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

Player tags

DramaHorrorAdventureEducationNarrationHistoricalStory RichAtmosphericDocumentaryExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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