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Pit People® cover art

Pit People®

The Behemoth · 2018-03-02

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

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

Releases: Mar 02, 2018 (Xbox One), Mar 02, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.

Pit People® is a 2018 Action, Indie, RPG and Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 93% of 8176 reviews and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

16
playing now
93%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Pit People is a tactical role-playing game by indie game developer The Behemoth. An early access version for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One was released in January 2017 and the full version was released in March 2018.

Trailer

Pit People® trailer thumbnail

Pit People Official Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 204k–491k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,176 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-02-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
33133120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4002026-09-15 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 25 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 22 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 32 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8381Oct 2015Aug 2026Oct 2015 — avg 4 · peak 10Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 835 · peak 2,237Jun 2017 — avg 180 · peak 676Oct 2017 — avg 82 · peak 205Feb 2018 — avg 89 · peak 190Jun 2018 — avg 154 · peak 438Oct 2018 — avg 56 · peak 169Feb 2019 — avg 75 · peak 199Jun 2019 — avg 74 · peak 336Oct 2019 — avg 46 · peak 146Feb 2020 — avg 49 · peak 101Jun 2020 — avg 43 · peak 126Oct 2020 — avg 31 · peak 95Feb 2021 — avg 52 · peak 145Jun 2021 — avg 46 · peak 115Oct 2021 — avg 25 · peak 89Feb 2022 — avg 35 · peak 78Jun 2022 — avg 35 · peak 103Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 46Feb 2023 — avg 26 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 24 · peak 63Oct 2023 — avg 22 · peak 51Feb 2024 — avg 35 · peak 96Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 91Oct 2024 — avg 31 · peak 112Feb 2025 — avg 34 · peak 100Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 52Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Feb 2026 — avg 29 · peak 75Jun 2026 — avg 29 · peak 74Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992017-01-132026-10-102017-01-13 — best price $14.992017-07-10 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-10-30 — best price $11.992018-12-20 — best price $11.992019-06-25 — best price $11.992019-10-17 — best price $11.992019-11-10 — best price $11.992019-11-26 — best price $11.992020-01-23 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $9.592020-11-25 — best price $9.592021-02-11 — best price $9.592021-05-27 — best price $8.792021-10-28 — best price $9.592021-12-22 — best price $9.592022-02-28 — best price $9.592022-11-22 — best price $8.792023-03-16 — best price $8.792023-08-31 — best price $8.792023-11-21 — best price $7.992024-02-12 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-09-30 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-08-30 — best price $7.992025-11-24 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-06-17 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80232026-05-31 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-08 — 28 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 36 pageviews2026-06-24 — 34 pageviews2026-06-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-02 — 32 pageviews2026-07-06 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 47 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-18 — 38 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-26 — 49 pageviews2026-07-30 — 25 pageviews2026-08-03 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 38 pageviews2026-08-11 — 38 pageviews2026-08-15 — 36 pageviews2026-08-19 — 47 pageviews2026-08-23 — 31 pageviews2026-08-27 — 27 pageviews2026-08-31 — 36 pageviews2026-09-04 — 35 pageviews2026-09-08 — 41 pageviews2026-09-12 — 62 pageviews2026-09-16 — 45 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 46 pageviews2026-09-28 — 31 pageviews2026-10-02 — 80 pageviews2026-10-06 — 42 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
85.6%
earned "I said Horatio dies!"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opFunnyIndieMemesCasualComedyStrategyTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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