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Banebush

Banebush

Banebush is a nonlinear and very red visual novel in the horror genre. Do you dare to step into a fairy tale if it turns out to be reality? 💀

Released Dec 25, 2024 Developer Hinterland Mood Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Visual NovelHorrorPsychological HorrorStory RichAtmospheric
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

95.0%positive2,321 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“6.5/10 - A beautiful atmosphere, but underused narrative potential. Banebush is far from being a bad game. I really enjoyed its art direction, atmosphere, Russian voice acting, and use of Slavic folklore. The opening immediately drew me in, and I genuinely thought the game might…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“This is a Red Gem of a game. A solid story, Atmosphere, beautiful art and animations. If you're into Visual Novels and Horror games and are cool with the entire game being red, I say grab it!”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Wasn't expecting much for 3 euros but DAMN this exceeded any expectation I had, seriously regret buying this on sale, I'd give triple the regular price. The atmosphere is great, I love the style, can't say much about the voice acting as I don't speak the language but I enjoyed…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.

94all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 No data collected for this period 19 avg · Jan 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
55.3%median completion
20.0%rarest: Platinum Electrician
89.8% of players 89.6% of players 87.0% of players 84.4% of players 82.4% of players 75.4% of players 73.3% of players 71.4% of players 69.7% of players 68.0% of players 63.5% of players 62.6% of players 61.8% of players 57.8% of players 57.6% of players 55.3% of players 52.1% of players 52.0% of players 50.2% of players 48.9% of players 46.7% of players 45.3% of players 45.1% of players 43.5% of players 42.5% of players 41.5% of players 35.2% of players 26.7% of players 24.9% of players 20.0% of players 89.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.8%VERY RED — You started the game with maximum red saturation.
89.6%Welcome to Our Village — You arrived in the village.
87.0%20:31 —
Rarest badges of honor
20.0%Platinum Electrician — You repaired the radio in less than 15 seconds.
24.9%Big Cat Fan! — You watched Vaska dance for one hour.
26.7%Gold Electrician — You repaired the radio in less than 25 seconds.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.49 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan350 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.0 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 14, 2026
Hotfix 1.4.1 — Steam achievements

Hotfix 1.4.1 — Steam achievements Fixed Steam achievements not unlocking after update 1.4.0. Achievements were still tracked inside the game (the in-game Achievements screen was correct), but they nev

Sep 12, 2026
Update 1.4.0 — Seven New Languages

Update 1.4.0 — Seven New Languages Banebush now speaks 12 languages. This update adds full localizations into: Portuguese (Brazil) German Spanish French Polish Turkish Italian

Mar 20, 2026
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Dec 23, 2025
“Banebush” — 70% off 🎄💀🎄

💀 “Banebush” is 70% off — available in the Steam Winter Sale. Happy upcoming New Year!

Dec 07, 2025
Update 1.3.001

Corrected inaccuracies in the English localization.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsVisual Novel · Horror · Psychological Horror · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Adventure · Violent · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian * , Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64x Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated graphics Storage: 2 GB available space