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BRUTAL JOHN 2

OldSchool Laws Team · 2025-07-22

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Join BRUTAL JOHN and BRUTAL DOG in a ultraviolent old-school FPS set in a world overrun by crypto-mining technologies, where it’s up to you to destroy them and reclaim control. Prepare for an adrenaline ride that pays homage to the best shooters of the '90s.

BRUTAL JOHN 2 is an Action, Indie, Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $12.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 612 reviews).

95%
positive of 612 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 241% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–28k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 612 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2025-09-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 7 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120252026Week of 2025-07-22: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$9.092025-07-222026-08-102025-07-22 — best price $10.392025-08-05 — best price $12.992025-09-13 — best price $9.092025-09-27 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $11.692025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-09 — best price $10.492025-11-23 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $11.192026-01-05 — best price $12.592026-01-12 — best price $13.992026-03-09 — best price $11.192026-03-16 — best price $13.992026-03-19 — best price $11.192026-03-26 — best price $13.992026-03-29 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $11.042026-04-27 — best price $12.992026-06-15 — best price $9.742026-06-22 — best price $12.992026-08-03 — best price $9.092026-08-10 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "Crazy Dream"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4388%35

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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