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Charlie Murder

Charlie Murder

It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.

Released May 12, 2017 Developer Ska Studios Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionBeat 'em upIndieRPGAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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.

95.6%positive2,413 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Love this game, very fun either by yourself or with a group of friends (or one) :D I'm glad I got to experience this game back on the 360 and now on PC <3”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“pretty funny game, even the story had me interested i remember playing this back in the xbox 360, fondest memories in that system a really charming game, thanks SKA”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Fantastic game, I had many hours on this game on my old Xbox 360. It's just a shame multiplayer is so bad on PC. This game badly needs remastered. If it was I would gladly dump countless hours into it again. That being said, It's still a great single player experience.…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

11playing at last check
4224-hour peak
120all-time peak
0 25 50 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 32 avg · May 2017

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.

30achievements
22.6%median completion
1.6%rarest: I'm Thorough
86.2% of players 80.2% of players 77.1% of players 57.1% of players 49.3% of players 46.4% of players 44.7% of players 37.3% of players 34.8% of players 30.9% of players 30.5% of players 29.2% of players 29.2% of players 26.9% of players 23.9% of players 22.6% of players 20.9% of players 19.8% of players 17.1% of players 15.9% of players 14.3% of players 12.4% of players 11.6% of players 7.2% of players 5.6% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 3.2% of players 2.5% of players 1.6% of players 86.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.2%I Brought Down a Giant — Defeat the Boss Monster.
80.2%I Got a Tattoo — Get your first tattoo! You look great.
77.1%I Gave Them a Show — Defeat King Tepes.
Rarest badges of honor
1.6%I'm Thorough — Find all relics.
2.5%I'm a Knife-Wielding Lunatic — Sever some limbs while dual-wielding machetes.
3.2%I'm All Sorts of Famous — Get the good ending (Total Anarchy playthrough)

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$3.9 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 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 11, 2022
Deck Verified!

We have just been informed that Charlie Murder passed all the certification tests, and is now officially Verified for Steam Deck! The game runs exactly as you would expect it to - it's the same native

Feb 24, 2022
02242022

Just one note today: - Update to latest FNA, includes various improvements and a fix for specific audio filters

Sep 28, 2021
09282021

- Update to FNA 21.10 (technically releasing Friday, but eh) - Mostly to work around a Steam Deck OpenGL driver bug, but dramatically improves Vulkan/D3D11 support along the way

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAction · Beat 'em up · Indie · RPG · Adventure · Co-op · Gore · Great Soundtrack · 2D · 4 Player Local · Online Co-Op · Violent (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://charliemurder.ska-studios.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: SDL_GameController devices fully supported