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Brutal Legend

Double Fine Productions · 2013-02-26

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 13, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Feb 26, 2013 (Mac), Feb 26, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 13, 2009 (Xbox 360), Feb 26, 2013 (Linux)

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.

Brutal Legend is a 2013 Action, Adventure and Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 20453 reviews).

162
playing now
93%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (256 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (4.2k downloads)
22h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 51h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

162 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Brütal Legend is an action-adventure video game with real-time strategy elements created by Double Fine and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was released during October 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. Though Brütal Legend was originally to be published by Vivendi Games prior to its merger with Activision, Activision dropped the game from its portfolio after the merger. It was later picked up by Electronic Arts, though Activision and Double Fine brought counter-lawsuits against each other over publishing issues. The issues were settled out of court. Later, Double Fine announced a port of the game for Microsoft Windows via Steam, which was released in February 2013. macOS and Linux versions of the game were made available as part of the Humble Bundle in May 2013. A physical collector's edition for Windows, macOS, and Linux was released by IndieBox in October 2014.

Trailer

Brutal Legend trailer thumbnail

Brutal Legend Celebrity Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 162 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 560 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 818k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,453 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.24-85%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2015-11-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 38 of 90 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23523520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

187162026-09-15 11:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 79 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 42 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 26 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 47 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 92 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 38 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 77 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 110 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 62 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 103 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 162 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7730Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2013 — avg 121 · peak 914Sep 2013 — avg 584 · peak 2,048Feb 2014 — avg 122 · peak 294Jul 2014 — avg 106 · peak 242Dec 2014 — avg 150 · peak 559May 2015 — avg 104 · peak 740Oct 2015 — avg 47 · peak 106Mar 2016 — avg 57 · peak 135Aug 2016 — avg 54 · peak 116Jan 2017 — avg 83 · peak 262Jun 2017 — avg 121 · peak 324Nov 2017 — avg 773 · peak 7,129Apr 2018 — avg 85 · peak 361Sep 2018 — avg 56 · peak 118Feb 2019 — avg 53 · peak 312Jul 2019 — avg 53 · peak 125Dec 2019 — avg 38 · peak 80May 2020 — avg 52 · peak 106Oct 2020 — avg 40 · peak 91Mar 2021 — avg 36 · peak 76Aug 2021 — avg 37 · peak 79Jan 2022 — avg 38 · peak 90Jun 2022 — avg 40 · peak 130Nov 2022 — avg 32 · peak 69Apr 2023 — avg 38 · peak 102Sep 2023 — avg 30 · peak 75Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 61Jul 2024 — avg 38 · peak 77Dec 2024 — avg 41 · peak 118May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 86Oct 2025 — avg 58 · peak 519Mar 2026 — avg 34 · peak 77Aug 2026 — avg 51 · peak 148
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.092015-03-28 — best price $8.632015-06-03 — best price $2.992015-09-11 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-01-24 — best price $14.242016-02-05 — best price $1.492016-05-06 — best price $5.092016-10-28 — best price $2.242017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-06-06 — best price $1.492017-11-13 — best price $1.492018-01-11 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-20 — best price $3.742019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-07-01 — best price $2.242019-11-28 — best price $5.292020-03-30 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $4.492023-06-30 — best price $3.742023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-03-16 — best price $14.992024-10-11 — best price $5.242025-01-24 — best price $5.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-04 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.992026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6.1k2302026-05-29 — 350 pageviews2026-06-02 — 230 pageviews2026-06-06 — 467 pageviews2026-06-10 — 347 pageviews2026-06-14 — 442 pageviews2026-06-18 — 473 pageviews2026-06-22 — 362 pageviews2026-06-26 — 455 pageviews2026-06-30 — 409 pageviews2026-07-04 — 409 pageviews2026-07-08 — 562 pageviews2026-07-12 — 390 pageviews2026-07-16 — 842 pageviews2026-07-20 — 512 pageviews2026-07-24 — 488 pageviews2026-07-28 — 633 pageviews2026-08-01 — 352 pageviews2026-08-05 — 327 pageviews2026-08-09 — 400 pageviews2026-08-13 — 302 pageviews2026-08-17 — 318 pageviews2026-08-21 — 426 pageviews2026-08-25 — 413 pageviews2026-08-29 — 833 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1,724 pageviews2026-09-06 — 619 pageviews2026-09-10 — 393 pageviews2026-09-14 — 403 pageviews2026-09-18 — 285 pageviews2026-09-22 — 489 pageviews2026-09-26 — 384 pageviews2026-09-30 — 384 pageviews2026-10-04 — 298 pageviews2026-10-07 — 283 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
68.3%
earned "Got a Car and a Date"
4.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-02-14 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSFunnyMusicActionComedyGothicFantasyStrategyAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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