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Stealth Bastard Deluxe

Curve Studios · Curve Games · 2012-11-28

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 24, 2013 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 24, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Jun 18, 2013 (Android), Nov 14, 2013 (iOS), Nov 28, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 30, 2013 (Linux)

Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.

Stealth Bastard Deluxe is an Action and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1228 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole is a 2011 platform video game developed and published by Curve Studios. Its mechanics revolve around stealth, and the gameplay has been likened to that of Metal Gear Solid and Super Meat Boy.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 49k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,228 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.79-92%
GreenManGaming$0.80-92%
WinGameStore$0.99-90%
Steam$1.29-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.25 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 121 of 147 observed days · $0.54 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8602026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 86 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.30$0.582015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-07-05 — best price $9.992016-03-02 — best price $9.992017-01-12 — best price $1.992017-10-26 — best price $3.392018-03-19 — best price $8.772018-08-03 — best price $9.492018-11-19 — best price $3.152019-04-01 — best price $0.842019-08-05 — best price $0.852019-12-04 — best price $9.992020-02-16 — best price $8.652020-05-01 — best price $0.992020-07-11 — best price $9.992020-09-20 — best price $8.792020-11-18 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-04-07 — best price $9.992021-06-14 — best price $0.992021-09-11 — best price $9.992021-12-10 — best price $9.992022-03-12 — best price $8.202022-06-07 — best price $8.792022-10-31 — best price $9.992023-02-06 — best price $7.342023-05-03 — best price $0.892023-07-31 — best price $8.092023-10-28 — best price $0.992024-01-19 — best price $0.942024-05-20 — best price $0.602024-10-28 — best price $0.792025-03-05 — best price $0.902025-08-18 — best price $1.282026-01-31 — best price $9.992026-05-15 — best price $0.852026-08-09 — best price $0.792026-09-24 — best price $0.802026-10-12 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1822026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 2 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 12 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 11 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
41.6%
earned "Valued Resource"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-11-28, latest 2013-03-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,8011%27

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

Player tags

2DGoreIndieActionPuzzleStealthDifficultGameMakerFast-PacedPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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