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Cruel Arena cover art

Cruel Arena

Panda Studio · 2015-08-18

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cruel Arena is a classic arena survival zombie game. Face endless hordes and survive as much as you can, Through The Doodles and The Frames!! Will you do the best record among your friends?

Cruel Arena is an Action game released in 2015, priced at $0.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (65% of 310 reviews).

0
playing now
65%
positive of 310 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 310 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-06-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520152026Week of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.002015-01-012022-07-072015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-02-10 — best price $1.992015-05-05 — best price $1.992015-08-25 — best price $1.992015-11-17 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $1.992016-02-12 — best price $1.992016-03-22 — best price $1.992016-06-04 — best price $0.492016-08-19 — best price $0.492016-10-28 — best price $0.692016-11-23 — best price $0.492016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-10-26 — best price $0.692017-11-22 — best price $0.692017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-02-15 — best price $0.692018-06-21 — best price $0.692018-10-29 — best price $0.692018-11-21 — best price $0.692018-12-21 — best price $0.692019-02-04 — best price $0.892019-06-25 — best price $0.692022-06-23 — best price $0.592022-07-07 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
18.2%
earned "FIRST TIME"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,09243%9

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

Player tags

2DGoreActionShooterViolentZombies

Census log

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

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