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Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands

Deathbulge · 2023-08-08

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 08, 2023 (Linux), Aug 08, 2023 (Mac), Aug 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Jun 30, 2026 (PlayStation 4), Jun 30, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

The party-based RPG where you kick down doors and fight with music as a 3-piece band of idiots.

Deathbulge: Battle of the Bands is a 2023 Indie, RPG game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (99% of 738 reviews).

6
playing now
99%
positive of 738 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.81★
PlayStation Store rating (32 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 181% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 738 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.19-69%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.59 at Steam (2026-09-14) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 85 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720232026Week of 2023-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.192023-08-082026-10-142023-08-08 — best price $16.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-05-18 — best price $14.992024-08-08 — best price $13.392024-11-27 — best price $13.392024-12-20 — best price $12.592025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $13.192025-04-23 — best price $12.592025-06-18 — best price $13.392025-08-15 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $10.992025-10-23 — best price $9.792025-11-25 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-02-07 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.592026-04-14 — best price $7.992026-05-21 — best price $7.792026-06-17 — best price $7.992026-07-25 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $7.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-04 — best price $7.992026-09-08 — best price $7.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $7.992026-09-20 — best price $7.992026-09-24 — best price $7.992026-09-28 — best price $7.992026-10-02 — best price $7.992026-10-06 — best price $7.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $6.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
47.8%
earned "Prove Your Strength"
16.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-08-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21720%24
PS5 (PlayStation)147%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)40%24
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
PS4 (PlayStation)0—25

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

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFunnyMusicComedyCartoonCartoonyColorfulIsometric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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