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BattleBlock Theater®
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
22 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Extremly fun and chaotic! Highly recommended if you love chaos and coop”
“fun platformer, the encore levels are somewhat challenging but in a great way thats fair. puzzles in this game are unique. - gameplay awesome - soundtrack aswesome - good puzzles - rewarding progression and after all…”
“I have lost all my friends by playing this game together and it was a lot of fun. But after the update, it is no longer running on Linux. This makes me sad. Remember: Proton is NOT Linux!”
20 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Extremly fun and chaotic! Highly recommended if you love chaos and coop”
“I have lost all my friends by playing this game together and it was a lot of fun. But after the update, it is no longer running on Linux. This makes me sad. Remember: Proton is NOT Linux!”
“BattleBlock Theater® is what happens when platforming drinks too much chaos juice. You’re “saving friends,” but mostly you’re betraying them for gems and getting slapped by cats. Pure madness, elite co-op rage, and the…”
12 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“fun platformer, the encore levels are somewhat challenging but in a great way thats fair. puzzles in this game are unique. - gameplay awesome - soundtrack aswesome - good puzzles - rewarding progression and after all…”
“BattleBlock Theater® is what happens when platforming drinks too much chaos juice. You’re “saving friends,” but mostly you’re betraying them for gems and getting slapped by cats. Pure madness, elite co-op rage, and the…”
“Thought it was just a platformer turns out cats in hats rigged a death course with bombs and traps. Laughed till I cried then fell in a hole for the third time.”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“fun platformer, the encore levels are somewhat challenging but in a great way thats fair. puzzles in this game are unique. - gameplay awesome - soundtrack aswesome - good puzzles - rewarding progression and after all…”
“BattleBlock Theater® is what happens when platforming drinks too much chaos juice. You’re “saving friends,” but mostly you’re betraying them for gems and getting slapped by cats. Pure madness, elite co-op rage, and the…”
“Whenever someone says [i]secret[/i] then the Secret Area theme from the BattleBlock Theater soundtrack starts playing in my head immediately. That said, don't buy. The people who publish the remaster seem to be of the…”
9 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“i was 13 when i first played this game. 12 years later, i am playing this game to completion with my partner. thank you behemoth for breathing new life into this game. big ups for adding native dualsense support too.”
“This game is a classic, modern console releases are coming soon, and a remaster on april 1st, now is the best time to buy this game”
“Came back after over a decade for the QoL update and I was pleasantly surprised. I played this game on xbox years ago and playing it now on PC with a controller doesn't feel any different in terms of gameplay. The looks…”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I have lost all my friends by playing this game together and it was a lot of fun. But after the update, it is no longer running on Linux. This makes me sad. Remember: Proton is NOT Linux!”
“Whenever someone says [i]secret[/i] then the Secret Area theme from the BattleBlock Theater soundtrack starts playing in my head immediately. That said, don't buy. The people who publish the remaster seem to be of the…”
“Used to play this alot on my xbox360 and when i got my first laptop i got this as soon as i could. some things did change but i still love this game. a soild 9.9/10 (not getting the 0.1 due to it not having the xbox 360…”
4 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“If you want something to just sit and play when your bored and then 7.63597 hour later you ragequit, this is good, I love it, it is just one of thoose classics.”
“This game makes me want to eat glass when you get to chapter 6+”
“good game if you want to ragebait yourself with a side of nostalgia (★ ω ★)”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“its the type of game that is loved by everyone, its fun to play with friends playing this on the 360 was so fun man”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Was quite skeptical of the free "remaster" update after the Castle Crashers DLC, in many aspects, completely dropped the ball. BattleBlock Theater, however, is now in the best shape it's ever been. The entirety of the game's art has been reworked. The hand-drawn art style…”
— a player, Steam review · 124 hrs played“Used to play this game on my xbox 360 as a kid and it is just as perfect as i remembered it.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:14 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). 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.
Dropping Like It’s Hotfix 2.1.1
Greetings, prisoners! Errr, I mean, performers! We have some delightful news straight from the theater to share this fine morning. Remember our last patch, appropriately named the Quality of DEATH upd
Patch 2.1 – The Quality of DEATH Update
Last month, we released BattleBlock Theater’s Quality of Life Remaster, welcoming all performers to return center stage and experience the game in its newly shiny, refurbished form. We appreciate all
Quality of Life Remaster Hotfix 2
Greetings, performers! How goes your return to BattleBlock Theater? We're here today with a small but mighty hotfix for something that was a bit out of tune!Today's Big Fix1. BattleBlock Theater no lo
Quality of Life Remaster Hotfix 1
Good morning prisone–I mean, performers! How was your first day back roaming BattleBlock Theater’s halls? We have a quick hotfix for you today to address the new decal feature for Custom Heads, in add
BattleBlock Theater Quality of Life Remaster Changelog
The day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived! And we didn’t fool you! Or did we? I guess we’ll have to wait and see if the game implodes or something! But yes, you heard that right – BattleB
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Co-op · Platformer · Funny · Comedy · Level Editor · Multiplayer · Local Co-Op · 2D · Online Co-Op · Cats · 2D Platformer · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.battleblocktheater.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo or better Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Supports Microsoft® Xbox 360/Xbox One and Direct Input compatible controllers