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Severed Steel

Greylock Studio · 2021-09-17

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 20, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 20, 2022 (Xbox One), Jul 21, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 17, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 22, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 20, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.

16
playing now
95%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down. Play as Steel, a nimble, one-armed sharpshooter on a mission. There is no reloading – pick your shots well and be ready to pry a loaded weapon from your enemies' cold dead hands. Dodge bullets, leap off walls, slide kick, throw weapons – do whatever it takes t(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~145/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 204k–459k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,203 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-90%
GOG$24.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2025-09-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 45 of 70 observed days · $23.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82882820212026Week of 2021-09-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 828 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5772026-08-06 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 24 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492021-09-172026-08-302021-09-17 — best price $17.992021-10-27 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $19.992021-12-11 — best price $24.992022-01-24 — best price $14.992022-03-01 — best price $18.742022-03-30 — best price $19.612022-04-25 — best price $19.242022-05-26 — best price $19.242022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-09-01 — best price $18.362022-10-11 — best price $16.242022-11-22 — best price $18.362022-12-06 — best price $18.362023-01-07 — best price $19.242023-02-16 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $18.362023-05-05 — best price $11.242023-06-11 — best price $11.242023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-05-14 — best price $6.242024-07-24 — best price $4.992024-10-29 — best price $24.992025-02-05 — best price $24.992025-04-16 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $2.492025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-07-13 — best price $2.492026-08-11 — best price $2.492026-08-22 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
66.8%
earned "100 KILLS"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing2 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,7383%57
PS5 (PlayStation)62927%38
Xbox One (Xbox)31011%37
PS4 (PlayStation)16734%38
Switch (Nintendo)320%0

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

Player tags

3DFPSVoxelActionParkourShooterStylizedCyberpunkElectronicSoundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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