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Brutal Legend cover art

Brutal Legend

Double Fine Productions · 2013-02-26

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

81
playing now
93%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (256 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 51h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

81 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 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 7% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 816k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,391 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 28 of 54 observed days · $13.50 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

10102026-08-06 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 55 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 82 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 61 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 71 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 64 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 68 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 45 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 43 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 50 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 39 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 33 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 49 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 64 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.9k1952026-05-29 — 350 pageviews2026-06-01 — 217 pageviews2026-06-04 — 251 pageviews2026-06-07 — 564 pageviews2026-06-10 — 347 pageviews2026-06-13 — 523 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,277 pageviews2026-06-19 — 376 pageviews2026-06-22 — 362 pageviews2026-06-25 — 367 pageviews2026-06-28 — 308 pageviews2026-07-01 — 407 pageviews2026-07-04 — 409 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,048 pageviews2026-07-10 — 431 pageviews2026-07-13 — 620 pageviews2026-07-16 — 842 pageviews2026-07-19 — 544 pageviews2026-07-22 — 619 pageviews2026-07-25 — 407 pageviews2026-07-28 — 633 pageviews2026-07-31 — 383 pageviews2026-08-03 — 305 pageviews2026-08-06 — 336 pageviews2026-08-09 — 400 pageviews2026-08-12 — 244 pageviews2026-08-15 — 299 pageviews2026-08-18 — 248 pageviews2026-08-21 — 426 pageviews2026-08-24 — 406 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,851 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

Player tags

RTSFunnyMusicActionComedyGothicFantasyStrategyAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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