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BloodDome Classic

The Bullet Heaven arcade classic that started it all! Create unique builds, kill ever-growing hordes of contestants and beat your friends' high scores in the retro-futuristic gladiator arena BLOODDOME

Released Jun 26, 2023 Developer Halftone Gaming Platforms Windows · Mac Bullet HeavenArcade Top-Down Shooter Action Roguelike Retro

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

84.1%positive82 reviews

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“i suck at it but i love it. On the steamdeck it's just perfect. The classic high-score model is exactly what this genre needs. Also free - so get it.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

6achievements

17.3%median completion

13.4%rarest: Grab Bag

Almost everyone has

86.1%Back to basics — Play your first round of CLASSIC

32.4%New Wave — Play your first round with TwinStick aiming

18.1%Professional — Earn $100K or more in a single run

Rarest badges of honor

13.4%Grab Bag — Pick every perk in a single run

14.8%Beat Your Friends — Beat a friend's high score

17.3%Survivor — Spend a combined total of 30 minutes in the dome

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 23, 2026
We just announced our next game - Too Many F*cking Nazis

We've been working on this in secrecy for a while but we're pumped to blow the lid off it and start sharing info. Check out the trailer below and then give it a wishlist if this is your kinda shit

Oct 23, 2025
1.1.2

We just pushed a small update fixing a Unity vulnerability ( https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 ) and tweaking the UI slightly for a better experience on the SteamDeck. Cheers!

Jan 22, 2024
BDC nominated for Best Free Game 2023! (Debug Magazine Indie Game Awards)

Honored to be considered for the Free Play award. Check out the other nominees and categories on Debug Magazine: https://www.teamdebug.com/awards/nominees

Dec 04, 2023
BloodDome99 is OUT NOW!

Hello contestant! It's time for you to return to the BloodDome! Thank you so much for playing BDC and helping to keep us motivated while we've worked on BloodDome99. As of today BloodDome99 is now liv

Oct 09, 2023
BloodDome99 is part of Steam Next Fest!

We are so excited to be featured as part of Steam Next Fest. Check out the demo on the BloodDome99 Steam page and let us know what you think

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

Genres	Action, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tags	Bullet Heaven · Arcade · Top-Down Shooter · Action Roguelike · Retro · Shooter · Action · Controller · Casual · Score Attack · Action-Adventure · Roguelike (Steam store community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
Languages	English * *
Controller	Full support
Achievements	6

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support