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CRUEL

CRUEL

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

Released Jan 9, 2025 Developer James Dornan Platforms Windows ActionFirst-PersonBoomer ShooterRogue-likeProcedural Generation
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.

95.3%positive1,023 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Its like a less visually jarring version of Post Void, but with a fair amount of original ideas to make it more than just a PSX style copy. Fun game, nice music, good replayability.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“You can kill whoever you want. You can kick dogs off a roof. There are nuns in fishnets. Its a good game.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“An amazing arcade-style, fast-paced pew-pew game with a great adrenaline-rush soundtrack on top. It would be wonderful if we got more levels, more enemies, more weapons, and an endless mode. 8/10.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:09 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

17playing at last check
2424-hour peak
180all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 63 avg · Jan 2025

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.

22achievements
3.4%median completion
0.5%rarest: Defenestration
18.3% of players 13.8% of players 11.4% of players 9.9% of players 8.1% of players 7.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.1% of players 4.1% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.4% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 18.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
18.3%Gambling is bad — Die to a gambling addiction
13.8%Murderer — Kill someone.
11.4%Maybe this time — Die 10 times trying to complete a run
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Defenestration — kick 1000 enemies out of windows
0.5%England mode — Complete no guns mode
0.6%Six pack — Hold six cans at once

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
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

China≈$6.2 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

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.

Jan 28, 2026
Update 0.9.3

List of changesFixes/Tweaks - Mouse sensitivity slider now shows value and has been tweaked to allow lower setting. - Perk selection on endless increased from 3 to 5. - No guns mode no longer gives yo

Jan 09, 2026
Anniversary Update

Hey everyone, I can't believe it's been a whole year since the initial release date, so why not celebrate with a big update! image credit : soda There's a lot to cover, so I can't list all the minor c

Jan 29, 2025
Update 0.6.6

List of changes Features: - Controller support (xbox, steam controller symbols) - Aim assist (toggle in gameplay settings) - Steam cloud support Tweaks & Fixes: - Bird collision fix - Bird gib spawn f

Jan 13, 2025
Hotfix 0.6.5

Some small fixes - Weapon break sound a tad louder - level transition to dog room smoothed out - Speed lines effect after death don't reset properly - Potential fix for some shaders bugging out and tu

Jan 12, 2025
Hotfix 0.6.4

Some quick issues resolved from feedback Tweaks: - Ranged melee weapons are only available in the no firearms mode Fixes: - Spider poison UI effect doesn't clear if you die with it active

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

Shrine II Shrine II 92.8% · 584 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Gore, Violent, FPS CULTIC CULTIC 97.4% · 6,583 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Gore, Violent, FPS STRAFE: Gold Edition STRAFE: Gold Edition 71.9% · 1,922 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Procedural Generation, Gore, Rogue Like Heavy Bullets Heavy Bullets 81.3% · 1,274 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Perma Death, Procedural Generation, Rogue Like Project Warlock Project Warlock 87.0% · 3,686 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Shoot Em Up, Rogue Like, FPS Vomitoreum Vomitoreum 90.9% · 802 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Gore, Violent, FPS Prodeus Prodeus 92.1% · 5,822 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Gore, Violent, FPS Ziggurat 2 Ziggurat 2 90.0% · 1,078 reviews shares Boomer Shooter, Perma Death, Procedural Generation, Rogue Like

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsAction · First-Person · Boomer Shooter · Rogue-like · Procedural Generation · Perma Death · Shooter · FPS · Pixel Graphics · Gore · Violent · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Vulkan support required Storage: 1 GB available space