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VLADiK BRUTAL

BRUTAL SOFTWARE · 2024-08-09

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.

10
playing now
90%
positive of 10k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
8h
to beat · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

In a fictional country located in East Europe, a dictator runs the country for many years. Ruler is really paranoid, he did a lot of sweeps and killed people, who were against him. In order to control ordinary people, they were chipped in the neck to track them. All people got the same clothes with a corresponding number and it all was controlled by the government. Still it wasn't enough for the lord, he built a Big Research Center to strengthen his assassins, but all the dirty work were on prisoners. Country had a lot of prisoners, because a lot of them fought and tried to break dictatorship,(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 775 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~97/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,419 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 209k–469k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,429 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.9k3.9k20242026Week of 2024-08-01: 3,940 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3322026-08-06 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 17 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$5.992024-08-092026-07-092024-08-09 — best price $10.792024-08-16 — best price $11.992024-09-23 — best price $10.192024-09-30 — best price $11.992024-11-27 — best price $9.592024-12-04 — best price $11.992024-12-09 — best price $10.192024-12-16 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $9.592025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-01-20 — best price $9.592025-01-27 — best price $11.992025-03-03 — best price $8.992025-03-10 — best price $11.992025-03-13 — best price $8.392025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-05-01 — best price $8.392025-05-09 — best price $11.992025-06-09 — best price $7.792025-06-16 — best price $11.992025-06-27 — best price $7.792025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-07-21 — best price $7.792025-07-28 — best price $11.992025-09-01 — best price $7.792025-09-08 — best price $11.992025-09-29 — best price $6.592025-10-06 — best price $11.992025-10-13 — best price $6.592025-10-20 — best price $11.992025-12-25 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $7.192026-03-26 — best price $11.992026-06-26 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
33.9%
earned "Basketball"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVHDR availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,81711%14

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

Player tags

3DFPSActionCasualHorrorPuzzleShooterStealthAdventureRealistic

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.