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APE OUT
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game makes you realize why they killed Harambe. Jokes aside, this game's really fun. Amazing audio design, soundtrack, art, rumble, and gameplay. It gets surprisingly hard, especially those…”
“Enjoyed this one a lot......way more than I thought I would. Was a lot of fun to play through the various levels (and SUPER frustrating at times.....especially the later levels). It was hard to see what was coming ahead…”
“Yeah it’s a short game where you play as a gorilla smashing everything into a bloody mess to dynamic jazz. It’s fun.”
29 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) An average drum session. The jazz soundtrack is the best part of the game. It’s incredibly satisfying how the drums kick in every time you slam a guard into a wall, and it fits the theme perfectly.…”
“[h1] Fast Paced Action [/h1] APE OUT is a very unique and fun experience, and I had a blast with it. While it's quite short, taking me less than 2 hours to complete the main story and bonus level, it left me satisfied.…”
27 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[h1] Fast Paced Action [/h1] APE OUT is a very unique and fun experience, and I had a blast with it. While it's quite short, taking me less than 2 hours to complete the main story and bonus level, it left me satisfied.…”
“This game makes you realize why they killed Harambe. Jokes aside, this game's really fun. Amazing audio design, soundtrack, art, rumble, and gameplay. It gets surprisingly hard, especially those…”
“An incredible thematic game. The soundtracks amazing and the way your killing joins in on the percussion makes you feel like the solo to a chaotic destructive band. Confident and cool visuals, really dope. Its just…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game makes you realize why they killed Harambe. Jokes aside, this game's really fun. Amazing audio design, soundtrack, art, rumble, and gameplay. It gets surprisingly hard, especially those…”
“Have you ever heard that games are a kind of art? Well, this is a good example. The game is crazy - in the "good crazy" sense. It might seem too hard at first, but then you find your tempo and crush the 'umiez like they…”
“very fun and surprisingly challenging!”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) An average drum session. The jazz soundtrack is the best part of the game. It’s incredibly satisfying how the drums kick in every time you slam a guard into a wall, and it fits the theme perfectly.…”
“Very short game, but for the price, I don't mind.”
“Fun short romp where you go Gorilla mode, fantastic sense of style, great dynamic music and fun gameplay, what more could you want? Well, maybe some hand designed levels. The game's biggest flaw is that the levels are…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this · 18 of them still recommend the game.
“Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) An average drum session. The jazz soundtrack is the best part of the game. It’s incredibly satisfying how the drums kick in every time you slam a guard into a wall, and it fits the theme perfectly.…”
“[h1] Fast Paced Action [/h1] APE OUT is a very unique and fun experience, and I had a blast with it. While it's quite short, taking me less than 2 hours to complete the main story and bonus level, it left me satisfied.…”
“Yeah it’s a short game where you play as a gorilla smashing everything into a bloody mess to dynamic jazz. It’s fun.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) An average drum session. The jazz soundtrack is the best part of the game. It’s incredibly satisfying how the drums kick in every time you slam a guard into a wall, and it fits the theme perfectly.…”
“boring and repetitive, but music is good”
“Fun short romp where you go Gorilla mode, fantastic sense of style, great dynamic music and fun gameplay, what more could you want? Well, maybe some hand designed levels. The game's biggest flaw is that the levels are…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Enjoyed this one a lot......way more than I thought I would. Was a lot of fun to play through the various levels (and SUPER frustrating at times.....especially the later levels). It was hard to see what was coming ahead…”
“A quick, fun game with a similar vibe to Hotline Miami. Just a lot more frustrating with some questionable level design and enemy behavior choices. You can blow through the main game in about two hours, but there's…”
“this is like if hotline miami made me more mad”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“A quick, fun game with a similar vibe to Hotline Miami. Just a lot more frustrating with some questionable level design and enemy behavior choices. You can blow through the main game in about two hours, but there's…”
“really not for completionists lmao”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“top down. face up. i dont care. just give me more, i want (to) Ape Out. great soundtrack. great visuals. there are games from the long long time agos(i know 2019 isnt that old but in terms of gaming years it feels like it) that you are glad you came across and this is one of…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Percussive Maintenance applied to your captors. It would behoove us to practice what this game preaches.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“This is like Hotline Miami... ...except the game is fun, there are no lore-dumps, the ultra-violence is tasteful, the art style is original, and the music is actually good. Actually, forget I ever said anything about Hotline Miami; just play this game -- NOW.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
New Patch and 3rd Anniversary!
Hi! It's been three years since this game came out! That's pretty weird! We've made a little patch updating the game engine and tweaking some stuff here and there: -Separate music and sfx volume setti
BETA PATCH
Hello! We've been working on a new patch for the 3rd anniversary of the games release next week. Some quality of life improvements & a new version of the engine that will hopefully remedy outstanding
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Violent · Indie · Top-Down · Gore · Action · Fast-Paced · Singleplayer · Difficult · Stylized · Beat 'em up · Music · Blood (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | http://www.apeout.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 x64 Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E4500 (2 * 2200) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 9600 GT (512 MB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Controller Recommended