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The Expendabros

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2014-08-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

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

Releases: Aug 05, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 05, 2014 (Mac)

The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

The Expendabros is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Free To Play title released in 2014, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 18259 reviews).

4
playing now
97%
positive of 18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (72 ratings)
1.3h
to beat · completionist 0.9h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

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Trailer

The Expendabros trailer thumbnail

Broforce - The Expendabros Launch Trailer (The Expendables 3)

≈9,992 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 189 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2018-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16516520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2732026-09-15 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
84811Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 848 · peak 2,927Dec 2014 — avg 172 · peak 369Apr 2015 — avg 156 · peak 351Aug 2015 — avg 160 · peak 283Dec 2015 — avg 164 · peak 322Apr 2016 — avg 145 · peak 323Aug 2016 — avg 139 · peak 248Dec 2016 — avg 118 · peak 254Apr 2017 — avg 109 · peak 218Aug 2017 — avg 100 · peak 170Dec 2017 — avg 102 · peak 214Apr 2018 — avg 68 · peak 157Aug 2018 — avg 67 · peak 117Dec 2018 — avg 63 · peak 154Apr 2019 — avg 43 · peak 105Aug 2019 — avg 48 · peak 96Dec 2019 — avg 49 · peak 97Apr 2020 — avg 62 · peak 177Aug 2020 — avg 40 · peak 69Dec 2020 — avg 44 · peak 136Apr 2021 — avg 38 · peak 73Aug 2021 — avg 43 · peak 77Dec 2021 — avg 32 · peak 71Apr 2022 — avg 34 · peak 85Aug 2022 — avg 38 · peak 71Dec 2022 — avg 31 · peak 61Apr 2023 — avg 23 · peak 60Aug 2023 — avg 28 · peak 57Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 49Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 19 · peak 41Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 38Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 37Dec 2025 — avg 15 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012018-11-012015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-07-07 — best price $14.992016-07-08 — best price $0.002016-07-09 — best price $0.002016-07-10 — best price $0.002016-07-13 — best price $5.992016-07-15 — best price $0.002016-07-16 — best price $14.992016-07-17 — best price $0.002016-07-18 — best price $0.002016-07-19 — best price $0.002016-07-20 — best price $0.002016-07-21 — best price $14.992016-07-22 — best price $0.002016-07-23 — best price $0.002016-07-24 — best price $0.002016-07-25 — best price $0.002016-07-26 — best price $0.002016-07-27 — best price $0.002016-07-29 — best price $0.002016-08-08 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $14.992018-09-21 — best price $3.742018-09-25 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

225792026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-04 — 86 pageviews2026-06-08 — 105 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 105 pageviews2026-06-20 — 129 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-28 — 134 pageviews2026-07-02 — 120 pageviews2026-07-06 — 131 pageviews2026-07-10 — 91 pageviews2026-07-14 — 79 pageviews2026-07-18 — 105 pageviews2026-07-22 — 84 pageviews2026-07-26 — 101 pageviews2026-07-30 — 86 pageviews2026-08-03 — 225 pageviews2026-08-07 — 136 pageviews2026-08-11 — 106 pageviews2026-08-15 — 101 pageviews2026-08-19 — 98 pageviews2026-08-23 — 100 pageviews2026-08-27 — 79 pageviews2026-08-31 — 99 pageviews2026-09-04 — 100 pageviews2026-09-08 — 105 pageviews2026-09-12 — 104 pageviews2026-09-16 — 101 pageviews2026-09-20 — 94 pageviews2026-09-24 — 110 pageviews2026-09-28 — 201 pageviews2026-10-02 — 170 pageviews2026-10-06 — 184 pageviews2026-10-10 — 137 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieActionAmericaShooterAdventurePlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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