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The Expendabros

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2014-08-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

18
playing now
97%
positive of 18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)
Free
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Broforce is a 2015 side-scrolling run and gun game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game has the player as one of several "bros", based on popular culture action movie icons, rescuing other "bros" through highly destructible environments.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 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 8% of 10,903 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

2102026-08-06 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

225752026-05-31 — 109 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 79 pageviews2026-06-09 — 95 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 125 pageviews2026-06-18 — 112 pageviews2026-06-21 — 113 pageviews2026-06-24 — 99 pageviews2026-06-27 — 142 pageviews2026-06-30 — 106 pageviews2026-07-03 — 118 pageviews2026-07-06 — 131 pageviews2026-07-09 — 101 pageviews2026-07-12 — 96 pageviews2026-07-15 — 97 pageviews2026-07-18 — 105 pageviews2026-07-21 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 166 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-30 — 86 pageviews2026-08-02 — 95 pageviews2026-08-05 — 101 pageviews2026-08-08 — 103 pageviews2026-08-11 — 106 pageviews2026-08-14 — 95 pageviews2026-08-17 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 99 pageviews2026-08-23 — 100 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews2026-08-28 — 94 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

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieActionAmericaShooterAdventurePlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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