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NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION

Harebrained Schemes · Paradox Interactive · 2016-07-12

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2016 (Mac), Jul 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 12, 2016 (Xbox One)

NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a major update featuring a new playable adventurer (The Brute), a completely new outdoor environment (The Black Forest), and lots of new enemies, weapons, armor, traps, potions, scrolls, and other big improvements to the game.

NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION is a $29.99 Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with a Mixed sentiment (65% of 4649 reviews).

1
playing now
65%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
3.90★
PlayStation Store rating (707 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Necropolis is an action role-playing game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in July 2016, and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in October 2016.

Trailer

NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION trailer thumbnail

Necropolis: Brutal Edition - Trailer (EN)

≈388,572 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 117k–280k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,661 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 9 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2332Jul 2016May 2026Jul 2016 — avg 233 · peak 872Oct 2016 — avg 48 · peak 140Jan 2017 — avg 110 · peak 571Apr 2017 — avg 22 · peak 58Jul 2017 — avg 41 · peak 161Oct 2017 — avg 27 · peak 229Jan 2018 — avg 58 · peak 200Apr 2018 — avg 13 · peak 45Jul 2018 — avg 26 · peak 127Oct 2018 — avg 21 · peak 103Jan 2019 — avg 24 · peak 99Apr 2019 — avg 15 · peak 71Jul 2019 — avg 14 · peak 46Oct 2019 — avg 11 · peak 50Jan 2020 — avg 14 · peak 48Apr 2020 — avg 17 · peak 62Jul 2020 — avg 16 · peak 49Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 26Jan 2021 — avg 12 · peak 39Apr 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Jul 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 22Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 29Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.492016-02-022026-10-102016-02-02 — best price $29.992017-05-11 — best price $14.992018-01-29 — best price $29.992018-10-15 — best price $26.992018-12-13 — best price $7.492019-02-09 — best price $28.492019-04-26 — best price $23.352019-08-08 — best price $29.992019-10-23 — best price $29.992019-12-15 — best price $6.412020-01-28 — best price $29.992020-03-23 — best price $6.602020-05-18 — best price $29.992020-07-16 — best price $6.372020-08-28 — best price $7.492020-10-10 — best price $26.882020-11-28 — best price $7.492021-01-26 — best price $23.352021-04-12 — best price $25.382021-05-28 — best price $23.352021-09-20 — best price $6.892021-12-02 — best price $29.992022-02-17 — best price $5.392022-05-04 — best price $25.382022-07-20 — best price $7.502022-10-10 — best price $6.892023-01-10 — best price $26.992023-04-15 — best price $26.992023-10-23 — best price $5.992024-05-17 — best price $26.882024-11-05 — best price $25.492025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-08-29 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

36112026-06-02 — 26 pageviews2026-06-06 — 18 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 22 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 24 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 22 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 16 pageviews2026-08-17 — 32 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 22 pageviews2026-09-10 — 22 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 16 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 11 pageviews2026-09-30 — 29 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 14 pageviews2026-10-12 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
87.2%
earned "Welcome to the Necropolis"
52.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteSouls-likeMultiplayerPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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