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FORCED: Slightly Better Edition

FORCED: Slightly Better Edition

FORCED is a challenging 1-4-player game with co-op at its heart! A mix of tactical arcade action, RPG elements and puzzles will forge you and your friends together. As slaves in the toughest gladiator school of them all, you will face a plethora of unique trials - designed to be your death!

Released Oct 24, 2013 Developer BetaDwarf Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionLocal Co-OpRPGCo-opIndie
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

74.1%positive2,794 reviews
Recommended · 373 found this helpful

“Do NOT buy this game if you plan to play single player. It's miserable. That said, I absolutely recommend this game for co-op with 3 or 4 players. This game is a very tough gauntlet-style game, with puzzley elements frequently thrown in. Yes, you are smacking monsters and trying…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 264 found this helpful

“Forced is a co-op tactical arena game. It can be compared to games like Diablo, but it's not another Diablo clone - there's no loot in this game and its more co-op than any Diablo-like games I played. In this game you play as slave gladiator who is forced to fight to amuse…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 59 found this helpful

“The game is quite different from what I expected when I was buying it. It's not that much about puzzles or real combat skills (I imagined something like dodging at the right time, using different attacks per enemy weaknesses, combo-ing, etc). No, it's more about great…”

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

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-04 via SteamCharts.

1,557all-time peak
0 250 500 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 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 202 avg · Dec 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

24achievements
5.5%median completion
1.0%rarest: Gladiator
54.5% of players 24.5% of players 16.4% of players 15.3% of players 15.2% of players 13.5% of players 13.5% of players 11.4% of players 10.6% of players 9.7% of players 6.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 4.6% of players 3.9% of players 3.8% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 54.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
54.5%Beat the Cow Level — Wrangle with Wrathhoof
24.5%Student of Pain — Slay Slarth
16.4%Slice and Dice! — Complete 10 trials with the Spirit Claws
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Gladiator — Earn all crystals from the Survival modes
1.1%Challenge Completed! — Beat 25 challenges
1.2%Speed Racer! — Beat 25 time challenges

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.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US14.99 USD
EU13.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$16

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

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 09-30 10-23

Latest official news

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

Nov 03, 2022
Get access to our upcoming game!

Greetings! Get your Steam Key for our upcoming game: Project F4E! ⇒ https://bit.ly/3NAMYGD Join the Rift Order and close the Rifts that started appearing all around the world in this new Online Co-op

Oct 14, 2022
Announcing the Month of Fun!

Greetings Knight, For the very first time, we are launching BetaDwarf’s “ Month of Fun ”! This is a month-long event series across all our games, packed with ultra-sweet bonuses, epic rewards, and mor

Dec 05, 2019
100% OFF Crystal Conquest DLC for Minion Masters & Huge New Update!

100% OFF - WEEKEND DEAL Get the new Minion Masters $15 Crystal Conquest DLC 100% off this weekend! THE QUEST FOR MOUNTAINSHAPER - OUT NOW Our other game, Minion Masters, just got its biggest expansion

Aug 15, 2019
Claim a -100% off DLC for Minion Masters, just this weekend

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5074340/00b6001d280475c01fdae6c20cb9f49667bc0a3d.jpg Hello FORCED Fans, If you haven't tried out our other game, Minion Masters, now

May 24, 2019
Celebrating v1.0 of Minion Masters & 9 years of Dev with -100% off DLC and Free games!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5074340/633e3b8b146904ec1b84ebaf297895c3af3684a9.png Here at Betadwarf, we’re celebrating v1.0 and 9 years of making games with a -10

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAction · Local Co-Op · RPG · Co-op · Indie · Online Co-Op · 4 Player Local · Multiplayer · Difficult · Hack and Slash · Puzzle · Fantasy (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 * , German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish, Italian, Danish, French, Polish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements24
Official sitehttp://forcedthegame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, Windows 8 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon X2, or equal at 1.6GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c-compatible, SM 3.0-compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible, 16-bit