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Budget Cuts cover art

Budget Cuts

Neat Corporation · 2018-06-14

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 14, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 25, 2020 (PlayStation VR), May 31, 2018 (SteamVR), May 31, 2018 (Oculus VR)

Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!

Budget Cuts is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 1874 reviews).

1
playing now
80%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (331 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Budget Cuts is an independent virtual reality stealth game developed and published by Swedish studio Neat Corporation. The player is tasked with escaping an office building using a portal device while evading detection from robotic managers. Neat Corporation made a demo in 2016 for a showcase with Valve Software with an initial release date the same year, and eventually released on Steam in 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (236 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 47k–113k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,875 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 5 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18418420182026Week of 2018-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.992018-06-222026-05-132018-06-22 — best price $29.992018-10-23 — best price $29.992018-11-19 — best price $29.992018-12-10 — best price $23.992019-01-03 — best price $29.992019-02-05 — best price $20.992019-02-19 — best price $29.992019-05-10 — best price $20.992019-05-28 — best price $29.992019-07-19 — best price $14.992019-09-17 — best price $29.992019-10-28 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-04-27 — best price $16.492020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-10-01 — best price $20.092020-11-02 — best price $29.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $29.992021-06-24 — best price $14.992021-07-30 — best price $29.992021-11-24 — best price $16.492022-01-05 — best price $29.992022-04-25 — best price $7.492022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-01 — best price $29.992023-07-24 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-05-06 — best price $11.992026-05-13 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1922026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 14 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 6 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 11 pageviews2026-09-12 — 13 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 14 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
47.6%
earned "Missing Link"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyCaptions availableVR SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,6131%30
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)39013%40

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

Player tags

VRFPSIndieActionHorrorRobotsSci-fiStealthColorfulAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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