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BUTCHER

Phobia Game Studio · Crunching Koalas · 2016-10-05

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 28, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), May 10, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 05, 2016 (Mac), Oct 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 05, 2016 (Linux), May 09, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

BUTCHER is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 1402 reviews).

2
playing now
86%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Butcher is a run and gun video game developed by Phobia Game Studio and Transhuman Design. Crunching Koalas and Transhuman Design published it in 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 62 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,402 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 55 of 90 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.492016-10-052026-08-302016-10-05 — best price $8.992017-07-17 — best price $9.992018-04-30 — best price $9.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-02-20 — best price $4.992020-05-27 — best price $3.992020-07-19 — best price $9.992020-08-19 — best price $9.992020-09-16 — best price $8.892020-10-20 — best price $8.892020-11-18 — best price $7.342020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-02-02 — best price $8.382021-03-06 — best price $9.992021-04-26 — best price $2.492021-06-06 — best price $9.992021-08-29 — best price $9.992021-11-26 — best price $1.992022-03-02 — best price $4.992022-05-17 — best price $7.342022-07-30 — best price $9.992022-11-15 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-06-07 — best price $9.992023-09-20 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $7.342024-02-20 — best price $2.992024-05-11 — best price $7.892024-08-01 — best price $7.342024-10-17 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-05-05 — best price $2.492025-08-18 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $9.992026-02-04 — best price $9.992026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1822026-06-01 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 9 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 7 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
26.4%
earned "Ironworks Facility Completed"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0393%27
PS4 (PlayStation)9868%26
Xbox One (Xbox)6963%25
Switch (Nintendo)200%0
PS4 (PlayStation)633%26

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

Player tags

2DDarkGoreIndieRetroActionShooterViolentAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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