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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

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.

323
playing now
96%
positive of 32k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

323 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 323 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 5% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 650k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 32,480 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 17 of 34 observed days · $12.29 above the all-time low (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

3781582026-08-06 21:00 — 234 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 202 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 363 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 264 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 208 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 354 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 274 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 235 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 376 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 241 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 207 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 342 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 239 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 190 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 328 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 248 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 163 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 378 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 298 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 164 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 316 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 253 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 174 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 275 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 265 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 170 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 251 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 294 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 164 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 323 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.992015-10-132026-08-292015-10-13 — 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 $9.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6772026-05-31 — 31 pageviews2026-06-03 — 22 pageviews2026-06-06 — 23 pageviews2026-06-09 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 32 pageviews2026-06-15 — 31 pageviews2026-06-18 — 30 pageviews2026-06-21 — 24 pageviews2026-06-24 — 17 pageviews2026-06-27 — 28 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-03 — 67 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-09 — 37 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-18 — 25 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 33 pageviews2026-07-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-30 — 27 pageviews2026-08-02 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 29 pageviews2026-08-14 — 17 pageviews2026-08-17 — 36 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 25 pageviews2026-08-26 — 35 pageviews2026-08-28 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2402026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 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…

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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