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Jackal

Jackal

Execute ultra-violent raids in 1970s casino hotels. Take down the Las Vegas mob as a drug super-powered hitman in physics-fueled top-down close combat

Released Feb 5, 2026 Developer Transhuman Design Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ViolentTop-Down ShooterDifficultBullet TimeShooter
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

88.3%positive630 reviews
Recommended · 23 found this helpful

“Absolutely STELLAR game, I adored every second of it. It's a perfect blend between Hotline Miami, Ruiner, and everything good about this genre. It's fast, it's gritty, it's got copious amounts of hard drugs in it, and you like hurting other people. Really, really short game…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Fairly short and unforgiving game. Imagine Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hotline Miami had a baby, that's basically what this game is. 10/10 - would buy again”

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

“I liked the game, good fluid combat with meh map design. Sometimes a bit irritating at times. Examples: Pickle, that construction level. Also i don't get the AI slop for the achievement photos when there's clear good design and artistic choices why leave it to the soul less…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

89all-time peak
0 25 50 30 avg · Feb 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

52achievements
1.8%median completion
0.1%rarest: The Whole Deck
8.5% of players 8.4% of players 8.4% of players 6.9% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 5.6% of players 5.1% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.8% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 8.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
8.5%Return to Sender — Disarm an enemy, catch his weapon and kill him with it
8.4%Heads-Up Play — Kick a severed head
8.4%Hit Me — Complete the first hit in the basement
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%The Whole Deck — Unlock every mutator
0.1%Red Scare, Green Thumb — Kill 3 yellow KGB agents with a cactus in one level
0.1%Natural Causes — Kill every enemy in a level using only physics props or doors

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

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

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Sep 18, 2026
Update 1.0.1

Changelog 1.0.0 -> 1.0.1 Fixed new spells not given after 465 finishers Improved achievement tracking and save recovery across Campaign, Speedball, weapon kills, spells, and gifts. Missed spell reward

Sep 04, 2026
1.0 UPDATE

JACKAL 1.0 — ACHIEVEMENTS ARE IN You asked, loudly. All 52 of them are here. Jackal is officially 1.0. And it's 40% OFF for a few days to celebrate. Changes 0.9.18 -> 1.0 Achievements Added 52 Steam a

Feb 13, 2026
Added EXTREME difficulty

Added EXTREME difficulty (Miami style) enemies move faster and have much faster reaction times bullets are faster player is faster player melee and bullets are faster Hard and Extreme is available fro

Feb 13, 2026
Soundtrack Available!

The Original Jackal Soundtrack is now available in 3 formats: BANDCAMP - The Jackpot Editon The bandcamp version includes all original music from the game composed by Arturo Riera + Unreleased Tracks

Feb 05, 2026
JACKAL IS LIVE!!!

Jackal kicks the door wide open with its ultraviolent launch on Steam. Why it Hurts So Good: Rooms shift. Layouts change. No run is ever safe. Chemical superpowers: faster, stronger, higher — until yo

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsViolent · Top-Down Shooter · Difficult · Bullet Time · Shooter · Top-Down · Dark Humor · Action · Combat · Noir · PvE · Retro (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Bulgarian…
ControllerFull support
Achievements52
Official sitehttps://thd.vg/jackal/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 200 MB available space