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Cruelty Squad cover art

Cruelty Squad

Consumer Softproducts · 2021-06-15

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

92
playing now
96%
positive of 25k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

92 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Cruelty Squad is a 2021 tactical first-person shooter developed and published by Finnish indie studio Consumer Softproducts, managed by artist Ville Kallio. In the game, the player takes on the role of a biologically-augmented assassin employed by the titular wetwork security company, tasked with performing black operations for its host conglomerate. The game is notable for its surreal, "sensorally aggressive" aesthetic.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 92 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,496 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~312/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 497k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,854 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,970 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

212342026-08-06 21:00 — 212 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 134 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 175 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 120 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 183 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 139 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 153 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 202 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 124 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 141 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 172 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 109 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 116 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 107 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 83 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 84 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 132 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 75 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 57 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 94 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 77 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 82 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 82 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 90 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 99 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 92 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992021-01-042026-08-102021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-04-07 — best price $17.992021-06-14 — best price $19.992021-06-25 — best price $17.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $15.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-07 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $12.992022-08-08 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $9.992023-07-20 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $19.992024-01-30 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $1.992026-08-08 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4371012026-05-30 — 134 pageviews2026-06-02 — 133 pageviews2026-06-05 — 164 pageviews2026-06-08 — 189 pageviews2026-06-11 — 123 pageviews2026-06-14 — 144 pageviews2026-06-17 — 295 pageviews2026-06-20 — 209 pageviews2026-06-23 — 230 pageviews2026-06-26 — 229 pageviews2026-06-29 — 198 pageviews2026-07-02 — 227 pageviews2026-07-05 — 220 pageviews2026-07-08 — 194 pageviews2026-07-11 — 185 pageviews2026-07-14 — 204 pageviews2026-07-17 — 171 pageviews2026-07-20 — 174 pageviews2026-07-23 — 205 pageviews2026-07-26 — 175 pageviews2026-07-29 — 136 pageviews2026-08-01 — 140 pageviews2026-08-04 — 222 pageviews2026-08-07 — 183 pageviews2026-08-10 — 188 pageviews2026-08-13 — 165 pageviews2026-08-16 — 142 pageviews2026-08-19 — 139 pageviews2026-08-22 — 139 pageviews2026-08-25 — 145 pageviews2026-08-27 — 170 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
39.8%
earned "Pharmakokinetiks"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,72116%38

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

Player tags

FPSActionShooterStealthSurrealStylizedCyberpunkLore-RichCapitalismDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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