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The Bug Butcher

Awfully Nice Studios · 2016-01-19

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 08, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2016 (Mac), Jan 19, 2016 (Linux), Oct 19, 2016 (Android), Oct 18, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

A fast paced action shooter inspired by the arcade classic Super Pang! Use a wide selection of weapons and powerups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.

The Bug Butcher is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1205 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (214 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Harry's mission: survive until the decontamination of the building is complete, hoard coins like his life depended on it, and protect the scientists at all costs. Watch out for the spiders they have a particular fondness for rubber encased scientist brains. After landing, you will move from room to room through the facility blasting rockets, lasers, and wielding the power of lighting upwards at anything not human. Ravenous swarms and ferocious waves of bugs of every size will attempt to kill you, but luckily there will be weapon and health pick-ups to aid Harry on his quest. Fierce reflexes a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–72k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,205 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2018-12-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 9 of 16 observed days · $8.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.592015-07-202026-10-112015-07-20 — best price $7.992015-10-29 — best price $4.992016-01-26 — best price $7.992016-04-26 — best price $7.992016-09-01 — best price $5.592016-11-01 — best price $7.992016-11-29 — best price $7.992017-02-06 — best price $7.992017-07-05 — best price $7.992017-11-01 — best price $7.992018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-06-21 — best price $2.392018-10-30 — best price $2.792018-12-20 — best price $1.592019-10-28 — best price $2.392019-12-19 — best price $3.192020-02-26 — best price $7.192020-04-06 — best price $2.792020-05-04 — best price $7.992020-05-21 — best price $5.872020-07-09 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-02-15 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-06-20 — best price $7.992022-09-26 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $7.992023-03-23 — best price $7.992023-10-02 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-04-22 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
34%
earned "MACHINE GUN LOVER"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStats

8 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,05119%21
Steam (Steam)2,0119%31
PS4 (PlayStation)77513%21
Switch (Nintendo)210%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionArcadeSci-fiCartoonyDifficultFast-PacedBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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