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Splatter cover art

Splatter

Rat King Collective · Catbird Soft · 2022-12-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Splatter is a first-person fever dream where you blast constantly-adapting enemies into neon sprays of pulp and slime. Enter a digital mindscape constructed by four anonymous administrators. Can you survive? Can you remain sane? Can you remain yourself?

96%
positive of 173 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Your victories, however, may come at a terrible price. Can you uncover the motives of your captors before it is too late? Can you survive? Can you remain sane? Can you remain yourself?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 26,097 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.5k–7.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 173 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2023-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720222026Week of 2022-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492022-12-152026-10-082022-12-15 — best price $12.742022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $10.042023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-20 — best price $9.892023-04-21 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $9.742023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-15 — best price $7.492024-04-22 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-19 — best price $9.892025-05-03 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-01 — best price $7.492025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-01-24 — best price $11.242026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-10-01 — best price $7.492026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
65.4%
earned "6.25% Complete"
15.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-01-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DFPSDarkIndie1990'sActionShooterSurrealViolentColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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