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Recruits cover art

Recruits

Commotion Games Pty Ltd · 2014-07-31

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

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

Releases: 2016 (Xbox One), Jun 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Recruits is a brutal fast paced top down shooter that puts the lives of countless amounts of soldiers in your command. Lead your men to victory and see them progress through the ranks, show them defeat and they will be lost forever.

29%
positive of 92 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 23,349 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.95 at Desura (2012-10-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820142025Week of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieActionShooterTop-DownEarly Access

Census log

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

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