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Blazing Chrome

Blazing Chrome

In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

Released Jul 11, 2019 Developer JoyMasher Publisher The Arcade Crew, CE-Asia Platforms Windows ActionRetroPixel GraphicsIndieSide Scroller
View on Steam ↗ $4.24 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

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

87.7%positive1,768 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“If you are a fan on Contra 3: The Alien Wars on SNES, then you will love this game.”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Very fun run and gun plataformer, the soul twin of Contra Hard Corps. The music rocks and the art is very reminiscent of the '90s Sega Genesis games. I want to play this with my little brother like when back when.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Great run'n'gun that's heavily inspired by Contra with some Metal Slug sprinkled in, like a mech that controls similar to vehicles in Metal Slug games. The difficulty felt like it was tuned very well, at least for co-op. I played through on normal difficulty and while it was…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

4playing at last check
1024-hour peak
108all-time peak
0 25 50 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 30 avg · Jul 2019

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.

39achievements
13.5%median completion
2.1%rarest: Colonel
65.5% of players 58.2% of players 41.1% of players 38.9% of players 28.2% of players 25.9% of players 23.4% of players 22.9% of players 21.9% of players 21.8% of players 19.3% of players 17.7% of players 17.0% of players 16.8% of players 16.8% of players 16.0% of players 15.7% of players 15.3% of players 14.4% of players 13.5% of players 12.7% of players 12.0% of players 10.3% of players 8.9% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 65.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.5%Brawler Lvl. 1 — Destroy 10 enemies using the melee attack.
58.2%Mission I — Complete Mission I.
41.1%Blazing Chrome Lvl. 1 — Destroy 500 enemies.
Rarest badges of honor
2.1%Colonel — Complete the game in HARDCORE mode.
2.3%Speedrunner — Complete the game in less than 40 minutes in normal or hardcore mode.
2.5%Mech Rider III — Complete Mission V with the orange mech.

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.

$4.24−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$16.99base price
$4.24lowest since tracking began2026-07-20
US4.24 USD−75%
EU4.24 EUR−75%
UK3.37 GBP−75%
Australia5.98 AUD−75%
Canada4.87 CAD−75%
Japan432 JPY−75%
Brazil11.81 BRL−75%
China14.50 CNY−75%

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

China≈$2.1 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$4.8

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 13, 2025
BLAZING CHROME IS 75% OFF DURING THE RUN N' GUN FAIR!

Greetings Soldiers, Blazing Chrome is taking part in the ultimate Run N' Gun Fair! It's the perfect opportunity for you to save 75% off on the game and jump into a fully loaded action-adventure with e

Nov 25, 2022
SAVE 60% ON BLAZING CHROME WITH STEAM AUTUMN SALE

Greetings everyone, Finally getting to the best time of the year, aren’t we? The Steam Autumn Sale is live and there’s an incredible 60% discount off Blazing Chrome for a limited time only! https://st

Nov 26, 2020
BLAZING CHROME - 50% OFF WITH STEAM AUTUMN SALE

Greetings Soldier, Today is a new day and we’re glad to announce that Blazing Chrome is now 50% OFF with Steam Autumn Sale starting today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/609110/Blazing_Chrome/ If

Jun 25, 2020
BLAZING CHROME - 50% OFF WITH STEAM SUMMER SALE

Greetings Soldier, The war against machines has just begun. We’re glad to announce that Blazing Chrome is now 50% OFF with Steam Summer Sale starting today! Call out your best bud and blaze some chrom

Apr 06, 2020
Blazing Chrome - 50% discount blazing its way onto your PC

Greetings soldiers, The whole development team can’t thank you enough for your continuous support since Blazing Chrome release. The week can’t start better than this. Blazing Chrome is now 50% off unt

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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.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · 2D · Arcade · Shooter · Local Co-Op · Platformer · Difficult (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements39
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://joymasher.com/blazing-chrome/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 32-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 9600 GT or Radeon HD 3870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 200 MB available space