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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

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.

943
playing now
66%
positive of 23k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
230
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

943 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 943 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 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 464k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,177 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.74-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.74-75%
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 15 of 19 observed days (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

1.1k2482026-08-07 00:00 — 424 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 260 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 379 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 385 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 265 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 419 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 362 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 300 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 454 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 425 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 264 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 401 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 451 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 249 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 397 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 361 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 248 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 346 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 470 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 398 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 591 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 890 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 778 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 627 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 924 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 728 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 492 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 851 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 943 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$3.742023-06-132026-08-262023-06-13 — 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 $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3711502026-05-28 — 288 pageviews2026-05-31 — 296 pageviews2026-06-03 — 213 pageviews2026-06-06 — 322 pageviews2026-06-09 — 224 pageviews2026-06-12 — 204 pageviews2026-06-15 — 222 pageviews2026-06-18 — 229 pageviews2026-06-21 — 241 pageviews2026-06-24 — 241 pageviews2026-06-27 — 197 pageviews2026-06-30 — 226 pageviews2026-07-03 — 267 pageviews2026-07-06 — 225 pageviews2026-07-09 — 229 pageviews2026-07-12 — 259 pageviews2026-07-15 — 257 pageviews2026-07-18 — 221 pageviews2026-07-21 — 208 pageviews2026-07-24 — 200 pageviews2026-07-27 — 194 pageviews2026-07-30 — 170 pageviews2026-08-02 — 206 pageviews2026-08-05 — 229 pageviews2026-08-08 — 159 pageviews2026-08-11 — 215 pageviews2026-08-14 — 174 pageviews2026-08-17 — 227 pageviews2026-08-20 — 228 pageviews2026-08-23 — 262 pageviews2026-08-25 — 206 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

960822026-08-26 19:15 — 243 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 332 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 676 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 571 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 307 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 217 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 94 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 534 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 550 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 366 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 244 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 226 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 285 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 420 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 544 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 615 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 260 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 127 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 110 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 234 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 527 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 901 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 435 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 240 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 150 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 191 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 198 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 230 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

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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