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RESEARCH and DESTROY cover art

RESEARCH and DESTROY

Implausible Industries · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2022-04-25

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Apr 26, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Apr 25, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Apr 26, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 26, 2022 (Xbox One)

RESEARCH and DESTROY is a TURN-BASED ACTION GAME with local and online co-op. Take control of three brilliant scientists as you RESEARCH and develop strange new weapons and gadgets to DESTROY the Supernatural hordes that have all but crushed humanity!

95%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
3.68★
PlayStation Store rating (106 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 200% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 26,567 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-06-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520222026Week of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992022-04-262026-10-082022-04-26 — best price $19.992022-06-24 — best price $15.992022-08-24 — best price $9.992022-09-15 — best price $13.992022-11-22 — best price $13.992022-12-08 — best price $13.992022-12-22 — best price $9.992023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-04-27 — best price $8.992023-05-08 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $8.992023-10-26 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-12-18 — best price $8.992024-03-07 — best price $8.992024-04-25 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-10-28 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-01-16 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-25 — best price $3.992025-06-08 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.992025-08-25 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-04-21 — best price $2.992026-06-05 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportFamily Sharing4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-04-25, latest 2022-04-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Co-opActionArcadeCasualZombiesCartoonyStrategyComic BookMultiplayerShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

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