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BUTCHER

BUTCHER

BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.

Released Oct 5, 2016 Developer Phobia Game Studio, Transhuman Design Publisher Crunching Koalas Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionGoreIndiePixel Graphics2D
View on Steam ↗ $1.99 (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.

86.5%positive1,274 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“if carrion and doom had a kid that was babysat by duke nukem”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“[h3] 🧠 TITLE (EN): “Brutal, Fast, and Unforgiving — A Love Letter to Old-School Carnage” [/h3] [code] [quote=Wendrex] 🎮 Introduction If you miss the raw brutality of old-school games, BUTCHER doesn’t just bring it back — it throws it in your face. This 2D shooter is fast,…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Awesomely addictive game. It's challenging but fun.”

— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:34 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

3playing at last check
1024-hour peak
64all-time peak
0 10 20 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2025 12 avg · Oct 2016

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.

27achievements
2.8%median completion
1.3%rarest: F#@$ You Ultimately
26.4% of players 19.7% of players 16.2% of players 16.1% of players 14.1% of players 9.8% of players 8.5% of players 6.6% of players 6.0% of players 5.5% of players 5.0% of players 5.0% of players 3.7% of players 2.8% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 26.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
26.4%Ironworks Facility Completed — Beat Ironworks Facility.
19.7%Pyromaniac — Make 200 enemies die horribly by burning alive.
16.2%Tried Hard — Repeat a single level 10 times.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%F#@$ You Ultimately — Hidden achievement
1.3%Speedrunner — Complete the game in 1 hour on at least HARD difficulty.
1.3%Expert Speedrunner — Complete the game in 45 minutes on at least HARD difficulty.

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.

$1.99−80% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99base price
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-22
US1.99 USD−80%
EU1.99 EUR−80%
UK1.39 GBP−80%
Australia2.90 AUD−80%
Canada2.19 CAD−80%
Japan196 JPY−80%
Brazil3.99 BRL−80%
China7.20 CNY−80%

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

Brazil≈$0.8 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$2.3

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.

Oct 28, 2024
🤑85% off - the Crunching Koalas Publisher Sale is live!🐨

Come one, come all and feast your eyes upon the discounts on display! All of our great games are now available with the deepest discounts ever seen! Would be a shame to miss this opportunity, huh? You

Dec 22, 2023
Ho Ho Ho...pe you saved some room for our discounts!

The event of the Holiday Season that requires no introduction: Steam Winter Sale is here! If you're looking for new games to check out, take a look at our roster: https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/i

Oct 09, 2023
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The Gap, our psychological thriller launching next week (October 19th), is a part of Steam Next Fest - a week-long celebration featuring hundreds of FREE playable demos as well as developer livestream

Jun 30, 2023
Sun's shining and our games are on huge discounts. Yep, must be the Summer Sale!

It's that time of the year again, where Lord Gaben (long may He reign) blesses us with discounts and sales. To make it easier for everyone to find great games worth their hard-earned money, we're thro

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everyone! We are very glad to announce Once Upon a Jester - a new diamond in our publishing lineup! Once Upon a Jester is being developed by Bonte Avond - a game studio made up of 4 musicians. They re

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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, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAction · Gore · Indie · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Violent · Difficult · Shooter · Platformer · Dark · Adventure · Retro (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Includes level editor
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://butcher.thd.vg
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant with SM 2.0+ DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space