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Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood cover art

Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood

Mega Cat Studios · Skybound Games · 2023-09-20

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slash and survive a typical workday as Dracula's overworked and underappreciated servant! You'll have a bloody good time as you rampage through New Orleans to find fresh victims for your narcissistic boss.

Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 896 reviews).

4
playing now
78%
positive of 896 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood is a 2023 horror roguelike shoot 'em up video game developed by Mega Cat Studios and published by Skybound Games, which is based on the action horror film Renfield, directed by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina and Nicolas Cage. Following an early access release on April 12, it was released for Windows on September 20, 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,671 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 896 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.86 at GameBillet (2026-09-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 83 of 144 observed days · $0.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620232026Week of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
752Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 83May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 92Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 36Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 42Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 20 · peak 83Oct 2023 — avg 75 · peak 329Nov 2023 — avg 44 · peak 106Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 50Jan 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2026 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 25May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002023-04-132026-10-142023-04-13 — best price $3.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-07-14 — best price $3.892023-10-16 — best price $4.992023-11-20 — best price $2.992024-01-06 — best price $3.892024-02-24 — best price $3.892024-03-24 — best price $3.492024-04-25 — best price $4.492024-05-24 — best price $4.072024-07-04 — best price $2.492024-08-07 — best price $3.992024-08-28 — best price $1.832024-10-20 — best price $2.562024-11-01 — best price $1.082024-11-23 — best price $1.242024-12-05 — best price $2.542024-12-29 — best price $2.372025-01-18 — best price $4.992025-04-19 — best price $2.242025-05-29 — best price $2.502025-07-02 — best price $2.122025-07-29 — best price $4.992025-08-30 — best price $2.022025-10-01 — best price $2.712025-10-30 — best price $1.932025-11-23 — best price $1.782026-01-05 — best price $4.072026-02-20 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $0.992026-04-24 — best price $1.592026-06-07 — best price $4.122026-08-01 — best price $0.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-09-15 — best price $0.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-09 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3212026-06-02 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-04 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 16 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 17 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 31 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 7 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 26 pageviews2026-09-26 — 10 pageviews2026-09-30 — 9 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-08 — 14 pageviews2026-10-12 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned ""Immortal" Vampire (Bronze)"
40.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2452%93

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCasualGothicVampireAction RPGControllerRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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