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Budget Cuts

Budget Cuts

Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!

Released Jun 14, 2018 Developer Neat Corporation Publisher Neat Corporation, Creature Label Platforms Windows ActionAdventureVRIndieStealth
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

80.1%positive1,875 reviews
Recommended · 135 found this helpful

“Finally a game that reminds you of why you were so excited about high end VR when it launched. After having a decently good time in games that are either ports of flat games or essentially flat game design transcribed to VR, Budget Cuts does what I've been waiting for all of…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 35 found this helpful

“Experienced on Oculus Rift This is a must have for any VR owners. It's a brilliant game that'll have you crawling around the floor. I imagine it's probably ideal in a large room with 360 degree tracking, but it worked quite well in my small computer room with only 2 sensors. I…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 203 found this helpful

“+ I loved the DEMO and saw tons of potential! - Sadly the full game did not do the demo justice, they removed the crossbow weapon which was my all time favourite, now there are only throwing knives which get boring fast. You would think they would have added more weapons instead…”

— 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 2026-05 via SteamCharts.

534all-time peak
0 50 100 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 87 avg · Jun 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.

30achievements
6.1%median completion
0.5%rarest: Pacifist
47.5% of players 38.2% of players 31.9% of players 24.4% of players 23.2% of players 23.1% of players 17.1% of players 16.7% of players 13.7% of players 12.9% of players 12.2% of players 8.9% of players 7.6% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.2% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 47.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
47.5%Missing Link — Shatter 20 ceramic objects
38.2%Drop Dead — Drop a sharp object onto an employee
31.9%Feeling Crabby — Find the crab
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Pacifist — Hidden achievement
0.6%Sniper — Hit an employee with a sharp object from 20 meters away
0.8%Hugin & Munin — Have two crows in your inventory

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.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$10.49lowest since tracking began2026-09-14
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

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

China≈$8.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

Latest official news

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

Feb 06, 2026
CROSSINGS is out now on SteamVR (10% launch discount)

Hey everyone! 👋 We just launched CROSSINGS on SteamVR! Waaah so exciting! On SteamVR, CROSSINGS includes visual upgrades like volumetric fog, dynamic shadows, and enhanced lighting and detail meshes .

Dec 05, 2025
Crossings launches December 18!

after a long journey through fog and forests... Crossings is officially launching on December 18 ⚔️ solo or co-op VR roguelite gameplay physical melee combat gesture-based spells norse-myth boss fight

Oct 10, 2025
Crossings Demo, available now!

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/37700539/6f55782f4200ffe2b5f6116ffdad17fe5fdfd8f2.png A free demo of our new title Crossings is now available for the Steam Next Fest, from now to October 21

May 19, 2025
Enter Crossings! The next journey from us at Neat Corp

Our next game has been revealed in the Creature Feature on IGN, and we're SO excited to finally show you all what we've been working on! https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/37700539/31c11c35c6c

Nov 14, 2024
Ask your burning VR game dev questions tomorrow in our Reddit AMA!

We wanna talk to you! 💁‍♀️ Hit us with your most 🔥burning🔥 VR game dev questions as we'll be hosting an AMA TOMORROW over at reddit.com/r/IAmA/ 💬 Or just swing by and chat.. We'll start around 3PM CET

Games like Budget Cuts

From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.

Alien: Isolation Alien: Isolation 92.4% · 35,643 reviews shares Stealth, FPS, VR, Psychological Horror Scanner Sombre Scanner Sombre 89.1% · 3,433 reviews shares VR, Psychological Horror, Sci Fi, Horror High Entropy: Challenges High Entropy: Challenges 95.9% · 831 reviews shares Robots, Stealth, FPS, Sci Fi Prey Prey 91.7% · 30,365 reviews shares Stealth, FPS, Psychological Horror, Sci Fi SCP: Fragmented Minds SCP: Fragmented Minds 91.4% · 1,023 reviews shares Stealth, FPS, Psychological Horror, Sci Fi Sir, You Are Being Hunted Sir, You Are Being Hunted 77.3% · 3,004 reviews shares Robots, Stealth, FPS, Horror Job Simulator Job Simulator 91.0% · 3,874 reviews shares Robots, VR, Psychological Horror, Sci Fi Trepang2 Trepang2 94.1% · 13,579 reviews shares Stealth, FPS, Psychological Horror, Sci Fi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction · Adventure · VR · Indie · Stealth · Singleplayer · Robots · Horror · Colorful · First-Person · Psychological Horror · FPS (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Captions available · VR Support · Steam Cloud · Stats
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Polish *
Achievements30
Official sitehttp://www.neatcorporation.com/BudgetCuts
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or newer Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 1500X Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970/1060 or Radeon RX 480 VR Support: SteamVR. Standing or Room Scale