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Prodeus cover art

Prodeus

Bounding Box Software Inc. · Balor Games · 2022-09-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 23, 2022 (Mac), Oct 28, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 09, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 23, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 23, 2022 (Xbox One), Sep 23, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

21
playing now
92%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Prodeus is a first-person shooter game developed by Bounding Box Software and published by Humble Games. The game was crowdfunded by a Kickstarter campaign in April 2019. An early access version was released on November 9, 2020. The full game was released on macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in September 2022. A DLC was announced for the game in 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 193 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,286 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 164k–369k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,194 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-40%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-40%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.95 at GameBillet (2025-04-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 51 of 81 observed days · $3.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20202026Week of 2020-11-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3402026-08-07 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 17 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$25.06$10.912020-11-092026-08-302020-11-09 — best price $24.992021-05-02 — best price $21.492022-04-21 — best price $23.272022-12-03 — best price $24.992023-01-10 — best price $19.992023-02-21 — best price $24.992023-04-01 — best price $24.992023-05-16 — best price $17.492023-06-11 — best price $17.492023-07-31 — best price $17.492023-09-07 — best price $17.492023-10-18 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $17.492023-12-13 — best price $17.492024-01-23 — best price $17.492024-02-19 — best price $12.872024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-20 — best price $14.142024-05-20 — best price $24.992024-06-18 — best price $24.992024-07-25 — best price $24.992024-08-19 — best price $14.992024-09-25 — best price $14.992024-11-23 — best price $24.992024-12-23 — best price $11.092025-02-02 — best price $14.992025-03-11 — best price $14.992025-05-16 — best price $10.912025-08-21 — best price $24.992025-10-27 — best price $12.742025-12-06 — best price $24.992026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $19.882026-04-02 — best price $19.882026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-07-11 — best price $19.882026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64162026-05-29 — 35 pageviews2026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 34 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 31 pageviews2026-06-25 — 43 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 32 pageviews2026-07-04 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 43 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-31 — 31 pageviews2026-08-03 — 35 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 42 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 32 pageviews2026-08-24 — 31 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "Kill 100 Enemies"
17.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)14,6763%30
Steam (Steam)8,7634%30
PS5 (PlayStation)5,61017%31
PS4 (PlayStation)1,27122%31
PS4 (PlayStation)1,01332%31
Switch (Nintendo)630%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSGoreIndieRetroActionSci-fiShooterViolentAdventureFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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