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Deathtrap cover art

Deathtrap

NeocoreGames · 2015-02-04

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jan 03, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 04, 2015 (Mac)

Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.

Deathtrap is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (84% of 2276 reviews).

4
playing now
84%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Deathtrap is a tower defense/action RPG video game released in 2015 by NeocoreGames for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It shares the gothic fiction setting with NeocoreGames' The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing and features a lone protagonist who is sent to a border world in an alternate dimension ("Ink") to defend a series of ancient strongholds against a horde of monsters invading from the depths of that dimension and trying to break through to the physical world.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 57k–137k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,276 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.57-92%
GOG$1.69-90%
Gamesplanet$1.78-91%
Steam$1.99-90%
WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GOG$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.31 at GameBillet (2025-11-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 144 of 168 observed days · $0.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1322026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3035Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2015 — avg 303 · peak 921Jun 2015 — avg 64 · peak 223Oct 2015 — avg 21 · peak 72Feb 2016 — avg 27 · peak 78Jun 2016 — avg 81 · peak 245Oct 2016 — avg 58 · peak 206Feb 2017 — avg 24 · peak 51Jun 2017 — avg 27 · peak 97Oct 2017 — avg 23 · peak 123Feb 2018 — avg 23 · peak 70Jun 2018 — avg 15 · peak 57Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 34Feb 2019 — avg 15 · peak 39Jun 2019 — avg 87 · peak 333Oct 2019 — avg 13 · peak 37Feb 2020 — avg 20 · peak 51Jun 2020 — avg 14 · peak 42Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 59Feb 2021 — avg 18 · peak 43Jun 2021 — avg 23 · peak 70Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 39Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 33Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 35Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 45Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.312015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $19.992016-05-08 — best price $19.992016-08-25 — best price $6.792016-12-19 — best price $6.792017-05-25 — best price $19.992017-11-16 — best price $6.792018-07-12 — best price $5.002019-01-24 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-05-25 — best price $19.992020-08-04 — best price $16.882020-09-18 — best price $19.992020-11-03 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-18 — best price $3.002021-04-21 — best price $19.992021-06-21 — best price $3.792021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-06-08 — best price $14.692022-11-04 — best price $16.992023-02-02 — best price $16.882023-05-12 — best price $3.272023-08-22 — best price $16.992023-11-20 — best price $1.662024-02-06 — best price $16.992024-04-14 — best price $17.402024-06-28 — best price $2.002024-09-11 — best price $1.692024-12-12 — best price $1.692025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-06-13 — best price $2.002025-09-11 — best price $16.992025-12-18 — best price $1.342026-04-07 — best price $1.352026-06-17 — best price $1.692026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-09-16 — best price $1.592026-10-14 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1602026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 0 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-13 — 0 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-06 — 6 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 11 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
69.1%
earned "First steps"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5811%47

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGBloodCo-opIndieActionFantasyStrategyIsometricAction RPGController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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