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Butcher's Creek
A first person melee horror game where you use rusty tools to brutalize a gang of serial torturers in the remote Appalachian Forest.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“played this game on shrooms, nearly had a heart attack, but the plot was solid as ♥♥♥♥ and the gameplay was pretty original too. $10.00 well spent”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“an incredible experience top to bottom, emphasis on bottom, if you know you know. its not super often i just buy a game at its full price, but 9.99 is a steal for a heck of a time. i wish it was maybe a bit longer but otherwise no thoughts just whack and kick, great music great…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“[h1] Depravity [/h1] Not many other words can describe the themes of this game. The atmosphere is EXTREMELY thick with a haunting and dense soundtrack, crispy and creepy VHS quality lighting and textures, and even darker secrets in texts, etc.... I recommend to fans of horror…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is OUT NOW
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/4a4541d5c11d0f52218fad6e8371aae572b16eb2.png https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicat
Version 1.151
The Short Version Attempted fix for situations where a weapon breaking will cause the player to be unable to interact with anything The Long Version For some reason every version of this "player sudde
Version 1.15
Fixed issue where holding block with certain weapons while picking up another weapon would cause the player to be unable to attack or block Attempted fix for other possible cases where the player beco
Butcher's Creek is out now!
https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/34055240/a2a280c65d75ca9252fb955192680d7c1f05a54b.jpg A troubled loner with a hunger for cinematic gore finds himself on the other side of the camera when ru
Butcher's Creek Release Date and Official Trailer
Butcher's Creek will release on January 23rd 2025! ... That's all, carry on!
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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 |
| Player tags | Horror · First-Person · Combat · Hack and Slash · Action · Singleplayer · Gore · Atmospheric · Dark Humor · Story Rich · Surreal · Crime (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Camera Comfort · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: SSE2 instruction set support. Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities. DirectX: Version 10 Sound Card: N/A