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Friends vs Friends

Brainwash Gang · Raw Fury · 2023-05-30

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 01, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Sep 01, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A frantic, online PvP shooter that combines combat and deck building. Choose a character, customize your card-based loadout, and get ready for the fights of your life!

Friends vs Friends is an Action, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 14843 reviews).

18
playing now
83%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
4.16★
PlayStation Store rating (231 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Friends vs Friends is a 2023 deck-building first-person shooter video game developed by indie studio Brainwash Gang and published by Raw Fury. The game was released on Microsoft Windows on May 30, 2023, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on September 1, 2025.

Trailer

Friends vs Friends trailer thumbnail

Friends VS Friends - Reveal Trailer | gamescom 2022

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 684 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~86/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,486 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 297k–669k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,874 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.41 at GameBillet (2024-08-30) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 72 of 87 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,963 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 523 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,060 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

305152026-09-14 21:00 — 224 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 131 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 94 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 222 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 305 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 92 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 159 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 218 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 41 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 126 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 106 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 75 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 78 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 87 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 105 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 56 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 121 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 125 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 70 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k57Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 1,066 · peak 3,708Jul 2023 — avg 309 · peak 785Aug 2023 — avg 121 · peak 359Sep 2023 — avg 748 · peak 5,531Oct 2023 — avg 196 · peak 491Nov 2023 — avg 173 · peak 420Dec 2023 — avg 178 · peak 421Jan 2024 — avg 226 · peak 723Feb 2024 — avg 112 · peak 325Mar 2024 — avg 128 · peak 341Apr 2024 — avg 163 · peak 883May 2024 — avg 267 · peak 803Jun 2024 — avg 231 · peak 777Jul 2024 — avg 356 · peak 1,127Aug 2024 — avg 235 · peak 843Sep 2024 — avg 252 · peak 907Oct 2024 — avg 166 · peak 840Nov 2024 — avg 151 · peak 517Dec 2024 — avg 159 · peak 501Jan 2025 — avg 124 · peak 375Feb 2025 — avg 86 · peak 261Mar 2025 — avg 141 · peak 370Apr 2025 — avg 139 · peak 371May 2025 — avg 93 · peak 296Jun 2025 — avg 88 · peak 254Jul 2025 — avg 104 · peak 229Aug 2025 — avg 59 · peak 184Sep 2025 — avg 121 · peak 376Oct 2025 — avg 96 · peak 254Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 215Dec 2025 — avg 125 · peak 362Jan 2026 — avg 132 · peak 371Feb 2026 — avg 61 · peak 177Mar 2026 — avg 97 · peak 293Apr 2026 — avg 92 · peak 293May 2026 — avg 57 · peak 172Jun 2026 — avg 74 · peak 236Jul 2026 — avg 76 · peak 614Aug 2026 — avg 118 · peak 467
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002023-05-302026-08-132023-05-30 — best price $5.992023-06-14 — best price $8.232023-07-31 — best price $8.592023-09-14 — best price $0.002023-10-23 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-01-16 — best price $4.992024-02-15 — best price $3.742024-04-08 — best price $4.202024-05-25 — best price $3.222024-07-04 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $2.492024-08-24 — best price $1.892024-09-17 — best price $2.492024-09-28 — best price $1.892024-11-06 — best price $2.192024-11-24 — best price $1.802024-12-04 — best price $1.962024-12-25 — best price $3.002025-01-04 — best price $1.682025-03-21 — best price $2.432025-04-07 — best price $2.492025-06-27 — best price $2.492025-08-27 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $2.032025-12-04 — best price $8.272026-02-02 — best price $7.652026-03-13 — best price $2.502026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-05-02 — best price $2.222026-05-22 — best price $2.022026-06-26 — best price $2.502026-07-29 — best price $2.492026-08-13 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10132026-05-15 — 7 pageviews2026-05-19 — 8 pageviews2026-05-23 — 8 pageviews2026-05-27 — 8 pageviews2026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 15 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 36 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 6 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 14 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews2026-10-12 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "Welcome, friend!"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing5 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Czech, Korean…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2023-06-01, latest 2024-09-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,3900%29
PS5 (PlayStation)2320%31
Xbox Series (Xbox)910%30

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

FPSPvPCo-opIndieActionCombatShooterColorfulCard GameOld School

Census log

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

Recent updates

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