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Laika: Aged Through Blood

Brainwash Gang · Thunderful Publishing · 2023-10-19

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

13
playing now
92%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
18h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 27h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 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 14% of 10,904 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 133k–299k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,648 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%
GreenManGaming$5.00-75%
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 90 of 130 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

2272026-08-11 19:00 — 15 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992023-10-192026-08-302023-10-19 — best price $15.992023-11-29 — best price $19.992024-01-11 — best price $19.992024-02-08 — best price $15.992024-03-04 — best price $15.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-09-05 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-10-21 — best price $10.192024-11-22 — best price $11.992024-12-23 — best price $9.342025-01-17 — best price $7.282025-02-27 — best price $8.492025-03-21 — best price $19.992025-05-13 — best price $9.552025-06-04 — best price $19.992025-07-06 — best price $15.292025-07-29 — best price $7.992025-08-16 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $6.192025-10-07 — best price $7.992025-10-24 — best price $19.992025-11-08 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $7.992025-12-24 — best price $5.192026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-02-04 — best price $5.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-04-07 — best price $5.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-25 — best price $5.002026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $4.992026-08-18 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

207142026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-03 — 33 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-09 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-15 — 33 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-21 — 207 pageviews2026-06-24 — 47 pageviews2026-06-27 — 41 pageviews2026-06-30 — 30 pageviews2026-07-03 — 38 pageviews2026-07-06 — 41 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-12 — 41 pageviews2026-07-15 — 31 pageviews2026-07-18 — 31 pageviews2026-07-21 — 33 pageviews2026-07-24 — 30 pageviews2026-07-27 — 47 pageviews2026-07-30 — 36 pageviews2026-08-02 — 37 pageviews2026-08-05 — 31 pageviews2026-08-08 — 35 pageviews2026-08-11 — 31 pageviews2026-08-14 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 28 pageviews2026-08-20 — 36 pageviews2026-08-23 — 32 pageviews2026-08-26 — 37 pageviews2026-08-27 — 48 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.

Player tags

GoreArcadeViolentAdventureDifficultMotorbikeHand-drawnPlatformerSoundtrackStory Rich

Census log

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

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