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Paint the Town Red cover art

Paint the Town Red

South East Games · 2021-07-29

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Oct 13, 2015 (Linux), Oct 13, 2015 (Mac), Jul 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 29, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 29, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.

Paint the Town Red is an Action Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 32525 reviews).

244
playing now
96%
positive of 33k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (1.3k downloads)
4.43★
PlayStation Store rating (2,815 ratings)
67/100
opencritic · fair · 23% recommend · from 13 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

244 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Paint the Town Red is a 2021 first-person action video game, developed and published by South East Games. Initially released as an early access title in 2015, the full version became available on Steam in 2021, with versions also released for Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. Developed on the Unity Engine, with the use of voxels, players are placed in various locations where the goal is to kill all other non-playable characters. Weapons and items around the levels are used to inflict damage on NPCs, with them also able to attack the player in return.

Trailer

Paint the Town Red trailer thumbnail

Paint the Town Red - Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 244 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,849 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~231/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 655k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,770 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.70 at GreenManGaming (2022-07-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 14 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5471152026-09-16 04:00 — 228 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 395 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 441 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 246 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 314 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 335 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 191 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 254 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 382 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 193 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 148 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 311 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 164 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 340 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 507 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 238 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 251 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 311 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 280 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 234 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 209 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 270 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 147 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 244 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4740Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2016 — avg 175 · peak 429May 2016 — avg 82 · peak 194Sep 2016 — avg 85 · peak 229Jan 2017 — avg 214 · peak 457May 2017 — avg 133 · peak 352Sep 2017 — avg 89 · peak 196Jan 2018 — avg 97 · peak 202May 2018 — avg 78 · peak 156Sep 2018 — avg 78 · peak 175Jan 2019 — avg 122 · peak 276May 2019 — avg 86 · peak 172Sep 2019 — avg 85 · peak 188Jan 2020 — avg 201 · peak 402May 2020 — avg 181 · peak 299Sep 2020 — avg 161 · peak 289Jan 2021 — avg 237 · peak 373May 2021 — avg 203 · peak 372Sep 2021 — avg 318 · peak 731Jan 2022 — avg 474 · peak 1,365May 2022 — avg 325 · peak 664Sep 2022 — avg 247 · peak 530Jan 2023 — avg 323 · peak 670May 2023 — avg 274 · peak 618Sep 2023 — avg 224 · peak 398Jan 2024 — avg 297 · peak 569May 2024 — avg 349 · peak 1,070Sep 2024 — avg 226 · peak 441Jan 2025 — avg 285 · peak 567May 2025 — avg 251 · peak 571Sep 2025 — avg 203 · peak 459Jan 2026 — avg 299 · peak 685May 2026 — avg 218 · peak 392Aug 2026 — avg 252 · peak 403
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
26262026-09-222026-10-152026-09-22: 12 new positive2026-09-24: 20 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 26 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-15: 8 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$7.992015-10-132026-10-102015-10-13 — best price $8.492016-02-05 — best price $7.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-05-11 — best price $10.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $10.492018-11-15 — best price $10.492019-02-04 — best price $10.492019-10-28 — best price $9.742020-01-09 — best price $10.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-09-10 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $13.992021-08-20 — best price $14.992021-11-19 — best price $12.992022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-02-05 — best price $19.992022-05-02 — best price $11.992022-06-24 — best price $9.992022-09-30 — best price $9.602022-11-22 — best price $11.992023-01-20 — best price $9.602023-05-03 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $8.002023-09-29 — best price $8.002023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $8.002024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-10-25 — best price $8.002025-01-24 — best price $8.002025-03-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-12-12 — best price $8.002026-03-12 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4772026-05-31 — 31 pageviews2026-06-04 — 26 pageviews2026-06-08 — 25 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-16 — 33 pageviews2026-06-20 — 24 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-02 — 30 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 27 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-26 — 33 pageviews2026-07-30 — 27 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 18 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-27 — 16 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 28 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 28 pageviews2026-09-20 — 39 pageviews2026-09-24 — 17 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 23 pageviews2026-10-09 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1002026-10-01 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
45.6%
earned "Go Beneath"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop2 DLC

26 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-07-29, latest 2024-03-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,2612%30
PS5 (PlayStation)1,5612%31
PS4 (PlayStation)1,3612%31
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,2851%30
Switch (Nintendo)110%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

FPSGoreBloodFunnyVoxelActionPhysicsViolentFightingRogue-like

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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