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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Sumo Digital · Gun Interactive · 2023-08-18

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ActionIndie

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 18, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 18, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 18, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 18, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Take on the role of one of the notorious Slaughter family, or their victims, in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a third-person asymmetrical horror experience based on the groundbreaking and iconic 1974 horror film. Experience the mad and macabre for yourself in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 23,672 reviews).

209
playing now
66%
positive of 24k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,268
twitch viewers (latest)
2134.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
3.91★
PlayStation Store rating (18,389 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 58% recommend · from 74 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

209 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 2023 asymmetrical survival horror game originally developed by Sumo Nottingham and published by Gun Interactive. It is based on the 1974 film of the same name.

Trailer

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre trailer thumbnail

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Exclusive Trailer - 50th Anniversary (2024)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 209 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,046 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~131/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (7,866 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 476k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,795 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 22 of 25 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.5k6.5k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 6,520 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,346 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,425 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,064 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 699 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,107 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5211562026-09-15 13:00 — 336 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 399 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 302 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 398 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 521 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 352 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 256 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 390 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 382 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 301 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 413 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 373 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 225 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 369 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 385 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 212 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 336 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 262 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 156 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 305 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 304 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 207 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 209 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k204Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 10,524 · peak 17,141Sep 2023 — avg 5,193 · peak 10,764Oct 2023 — avg 2,409 · peak 4,175Nov 2023 — avg 1,384 · peak 3,581Dec 2023 — avg 1,158 · peak 2,421Jan 2024 — avg 784 · peak 1,290Feb 2024 — avg 699 · peak 1,180Mar 2024 — avg 857 · peak 3,734Apr 2024 — avg 796 · peak 2,930May 2024 — avg 675 · peak 1,149Jun 2024 — avg 998 · peak 2,521Jul 2024 — avg 1,103 · peak 1,842Aug 2024 — avg 816 · peak 1,284Sep 2024 — avg 605 · peak 1,428Oct 2024 — avg 592 · peak 1,255Nov 2024 — avg 508 · peak 1,012Dec 2024 — avg 652 · peak 1,476Jan 2025 — avg 489 · peak 764Feb 2025 — avg 420 · peak 792Mar 2025 — avg 421 · peak 809Apr 2025 — avg 689 · peak 1,677May 2025 — avg 596 · peak 1,341Jun 2025 — avg 304 · peak 565Jul 2025 — avg 263 · peak 477Aug 2025 — avg 326 · peak 640Sep 2025 — avg 256 · peak 423Oct 2025 — avg 256 · peak 442Nov 2025 — avg 250 · peak 475Dec 2025 — avg 213 · peak 351Jan 2026 — avg 228 · peak 363Feb 2026 — avg 204 · peak 325Mar 2026 — avg 211 · peak 399Apr 2026 — avg 251 · peak 470May 2026 — avg 263 · peak 435Jun 2026 — avg 280 · peak 551Jul 2026 — avg 410 · peak 686Aug 2026 — avg 532 · peak 1,183
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
24242026-09-212026-10-122026-09-21: 23 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 8 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 6 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 24 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.742023-06-132026-10-142023-06-13 — best price $35.992023-10-24 — best price $27.992023-11-02 — best price $39.992023-11-21 — best price $29.992023-12-21 — best price $29.992024-01-18 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-05-03 — best price $19.992024-05-21 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-09-02 — best price $39.992024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-10-24 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-27 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-29 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-02-02 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $3.742026-08-26 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $3.742026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8741502026-05-28 — 288 pageviews2026-06-01 — 256 pageviews2026-06-05 — 269 pageviews2026-06-09 — 224 pageviews2026-06-13 — 203 pageviews2026-06-17 — 235 pageviews2026-06-21 — 241 pageviews2026-06-25 — 200 pageviews2026-06-29 — 208 pageviews2026-07-03 — 267 pageviews2026-07-07 — 264 pageviews2026-07-11 — 198 pageviews2026-07-15 — 257 pageviews2026-07-19 — 219 pageviews2026-07-23 — 202 pageviews2026-07-27 — 194 pageviews2026-07-31 — 151 pageviews2026-08-04 — 237 pageviews2026-08-08 — 159 pageviews2026-08-12 — 245 pageviews2026-08-16 — 208 pageviews2026-08-20 — 228 pageviews2026-08-24 — 221 pageviews2026-08-28 — 247 pageviews2026-09-01 — 277 pageviews2026-09-05 — 837 pageviews2026-09-09 — 711 pageviews2026-09-13 — 453 pageviews2026-09-17 — 267 pageviews2026-09-21 — 279 pageviews2026-09-25 — 210 pageviews2026-09-29 — 206 pageviews2026-10-03 — 252 pageviews2026-10-06 — 247 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

22932026-10-01 00:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 148 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 126 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 170 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 181 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 133 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Behind the curtain"
15.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing52 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 52 DLC released, first 2023-08-18, latest 2025-03-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)26,1441%50
PS5 (PlayStation)11,0838%52
PS5 (PlayStation)9,7757%52
PS4 (PlayStation)5,46110%52
Steam (Steam)5,4054%51
Windows (Xbox)5,3372%50
PS4 (PlayStation)4,85111%52

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvPGoreBloodActionHorrorStealthViolentSurvivalCinematic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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