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The Burst

GoRapid Studio · 2024-08-08

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 08, 2024 (Meta Quest 2), Aug 08, 2024 (SteamVR)

The Burst is a smashing high-speed VR shooter. Play as a spec ops operative to bring down the tyrannical warband leader and her goons. Restore order on a prison planet the best way you can - with violence.

73%
positive of 85 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$6.39
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 15,783 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.39-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2025-05-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420242026Week of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$4.792024-08-082026-09-142024-08-08 — best price $26.992024-08-15 — best price $29.992024-10-04 — best price $22.492024-10-18 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $17.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-31 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-03-20 — best price $15.992025-03-26 — best price $6.392025-04-09 — best price $15.992025-05-12 — best price $4.792025-05-19 — best price $15.992025-06-26 — best price $6.392025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-09-29 — best price $4.792025-10-06 — best price $15.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $15.992026-03-19 — best price $6.392026-03-26 — best price $15.992026-06-25 — best price $6.392026-07-09 — best price $15.992026-09-14 — best price $6.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Russian, German, Portuguese - Portugal

Player tags

3DVRFPSPvEActionLinearParkourShooterSteampunkDark Humor

Census log

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

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