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Bedlam

Bedlam

A fast paced FPS with an engrossing storyline written by cult Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre. You play Heather Quinn aka “Athena” trapped in a world of video games, desperate to find a way back home. Will you make it? Or will you be trapped here forever? Here's where you find out..

Released Oct 13, 2015 Developer RedBedlam Publisher KISS ltd Platforms Windows · Mac ActionFPSIndieFemale ProtagonistShooter
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

75.5%positive878 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The game was unique, a bit of nostalgia, some pop culture references and gamer inside jokes. It is well done. Save often, especially in the final stage. The ending is left for interpretation or a sequel. Worth a play but go play your top of the list type games first.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:50 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
342all-time peak
0 10 20 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 11 avg · Jul 2015

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.

24achievements
16.3%median completion
6.2%rarest: 1337 b0mb4D33r
40.2% of players 33.3% of players 29.7% of players 29.1% of players 28.4% of players 26.1% of players 23.1% of players 20.0% of players 19.2% of players 17.5% of players 17.1% of players 16.8% of players 16.3% of players 15.5% of players 15.2% of players 14.4% of players 14.2% of players 12.7% of players 11.4% of players 11.3% of players 11.1% of players 10.3% of players 8.9% of players 6.2% of players 40.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
40.2%Flex Those Fingers — Complete the Graxian combat training and salute your commanding officer
33.3%We're not Jammin' — Destroy the Gaian Comms Jammer
29.7%Clipping Error? — Complete the secondary objective
Rarest badges of honor
6.2%1337 b0mb4D33r — Get a Score of at least 3500 in Rescue Run
8.9%Winners Never (Rage)Quit — Complete Rage-Quit Reactor without the Reactor exploding
10.3%GG — Complete the Game

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

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

Nov 04, 2015
Update

Build: 1.0.1.5822 Fixed issue that could cause dialogue to be skipped on Rescue Run Fixed an issue where mirror shader on Alive1 would appear black Fixed occasional issue that could result in player d

Oct 09, 2015
Update

Build: 0.9.13.5816 Improved level loading process to reduce memory usage when transitioning between large scenes Fixed some unpredictable behaviour when restoring a saved game on Mac Many visual impro

Oct 06, 2015
Update

Build: 0.9.12.5809 Fixed a memory allocation crash on Macs, when transitioning between Calastria levels Fixed an issue where loading a save on the level Alive1 would cause the game to become unrespons

Sep 28, 2015
Week 58

QA is complete! This week we're tidying up a few points of detail and looking forward to the announcement of the release date :)

Sep 21, 2015
Week 57

While we wait for our final certifications to be issued we continue to listen to your feedback and make adjustments to gameplay and appearance :)

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · FPS · Indie · Female Protagonist · Shooter · Sci-fi · Retro · Comedy · Singleplayer · First-Person · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Stats · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements24
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.bedlamthegame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or later Processor: Dual Core 2Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Any DirectX 9 level (shader model 2.0) capable card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Any DirectX Compatible