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Laika: Aged Through Blood

Brainwash Gang · Thunderful Publishing · 2023-10-19

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 05, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 05, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 30, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

Laika: Aged Through Blood is an Action and Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (92% of 6685 reviews).

11
playing now
92%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (940 downloads)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (752 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 27h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Laika: Aged Through Blood is a 2023 2D side-scrolling Metroidvania video game developed by Brainwash Gang and published by Headup Games. The game, set in a Western-style post-apocalyptic world, follows Laika, an anthropomorphic coyote, as she tries to protect her family and village from the encroaching Bird empire. She journeys through the game world on a motorcycle, which the player accelerates and rotates to ride on uneven ground, block bullets, and reload Laika's various guns.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 779 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 134k–301k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,685 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$4.17-79%
GOG$4.99-75%
Humble Store$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at AllYouPlay (2026-01-14) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 118 of 160 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
90290220232026Week of 2023-10-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5302026-09-15 15:00 — 41 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 38 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 25 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 45 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 39 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 41 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 24 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 24 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 35 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 24 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32719Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 327 · peak 631Nov 2023 — avg 104 · peak 240Dec 2023 — avg 91 · peak 242Jan 2024 — avg 85 · peak 215Feb 2024 — avg 42 · peak 90Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 63Apr 2024 — avg 59 · peak 180May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 71Jun 2024 — avg 27 · peak 69Jul 2024 — avg 30 · peak 58Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 86Sep 2024 — avg 24 · peak 64Oct 2024 — avg 34 · peak 83Nov 2024 — avg 24 · peak 64Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 81Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 71Feb 2025 — avg 33 · peak 127Mar 2025 — avg 56 · peak 141Apr 2025 — avg 36 · peak 74May 2025 — avg 32 · peak 91Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 93Jul 2025 — avg 30 · peak 67Aug 2025 — avg 33 · peak 72Sep 2025 — avg 44 · peak 118Oct 2025 — avg 32 · peak 62Nov 2025 — avg 33 · peak 69Dec 2025 — avg 27 · peak 62Jan 2026 — avg 42 · peak 78Feb 2026 — avg 26 · peak 66Mar 2026 — avg 34 · peak 82Apr 2026 — avg 30 · peak 60May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 61Jun 2026 — avg 32 · peak 72Jul 2026 — avg 30 · peak 55Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.892023-10-192026-10-152023-10-19 — best price $15.992023-12-11 — best price $15.992024-01-25 — best price $15.992024-02-24 — best price $19.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-09-16 — best price $12.992024-10-09 — best price $11.992024-11-19 — best price $10.992024-12-23 — best price $9.342025-01-20 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-05-01 — best price $9.992025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-11 — best price $5.102025-08-05 — best price $7.992025-09-05 — best price $5.742025-10-07 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $7.002025-11-17 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $4.892026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-02-10 — best price $4.002026-03-07 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $19.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-31 — best price $19.992026-07-26 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $5.002026-10-01 — best price $3.892026-10-11 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64142026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 62 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-16 — 24 pageviews2026-06-20 — 39 pageviews2026-06-24 — 47 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-02 — 39 pageviews2026-07-06 — 41 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 31 pageviews2026-07-22 — 26 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-30 — 36 pageviews2026-08-03 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 25 pageviews2026-08-11 — 31 pageviews2026-08-15 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-27 — 48 pageviews2026-08-31 — 46 pageviews2026-09-04 — 40 pageviews2026-09-08 — 24 pageviews2026-09-12 — 49 pageviews2026-09-16 — 38 pageviews2026-09-20 — 35 pageviews2026-09-24 — 28 pageviews2026-09-28 — 36 pageviews2026-10-02 — 53 pageviews2026-10-06 — 41 pageviews2026-10-09 — 38 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Excursion"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,69112%42
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1386%42
Switch (Nintendo)1000%0

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

GoreArcadeViolentAdventureDifficultMotorbikeHand-drawnPlatformerSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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