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Paint the Town Red
Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
58 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I saw messyourself play it years ago when i was younger and thought to myself that looks fun and years later i got to play it 2025-2026 it is very fun and good”
“I remember back in the day getting a virus on my laptop trying to download it for free, so many years later great to finally play it. mindless violence, who doesn't enjoy it.”
“just do yourself a favor and buy this, insane amount of fun, tons of different modes, 2nd time ive bought the game cuz i bought it on ps5 as well but now play on steam but just had to have it again by far thh best voxel…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“just do yourself a favor and buy this, insane amount of fun, tons of different modes, 2nd time ive bought the game cuz i bought it on ps5 as well but now play on steam but just had to have it again by far thh best voxel…”
“Been playing this game since it came out. Its like dark and twisted minecraft instead of building stuff you deconstruct people with your wits and fists. Really fun and challenging. Fan built maps are incredibly…”
“This game is fun and the community workshop levels are a great challenge to try and beat them all, beneath's story line and the easter eggs in the maps are also great, making this game's replay ability all that more…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game with tons of workshop content and a roguelike, lite or whatever the term is, packed inside it.”
“Lots of fun :) This game doesn't have too many levels by default but you can get loads more with the workshop. It also has a roguelite mode which I'm not that good at and don't play that much but I can see how it could…”
“The best way I could describe this game is as if you took Clone Drone in the Danger Zone but with humans and the violence is turned up to 11. It's pretty cool, and all the custom maps + arena/scenarios + Beneath mode…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“great game but i wish the devs added more updates but besides that its an amazing game and good with steam workshop i 100% recomend even better if u have mates too 10/10”
“One of the best games ever made its so fun with friends and in VR it is a complte diffrent game but it would be cool if VR had multiplayer”
“very fun game! I like soloing and multiplayer”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“good for like an hour but even with the extra mode the idea seems better than the actual game. you die really fast if you crowded, which happens all the time because everyone lock on to you. back up helps until you get…”
“3.5 / 5 Mostly spend my time trying to get through that Roguelike mode, but it is a really long grind. Generally pretty fun, but got burned out with it after 5 hours.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“good for like an hour but even with the extra mode the idea seems better than the actual game. you die really fast if you crowded, which happens all the time because everyone lock on to you. back up helps until you get…”
“The best way I could describe this game is as if you took Clone Drone in the Danger Zone but with humans and the violence is turned up to 11. It's pretty cool, and all the custom maps + arena/scenarios + Beneath mode…”
“Not fun too i just wanna make myslef immortal but too comp”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“good for like an hour but even with the extra mode the idea seems better than the actual game. you die really fast if you crowded, which happens all the time because everyone lock on to you. back up helps until you get…”
“Not fun too i just wanna make myslef immortal but too comp”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This game is perfect for taking you're anger out when you're family cancels the disney plus subscription meaning that I cant watch the good dinosaur anymore”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“fantastic game, when i come home i can just play this game and relieve all the energy BECAUSE IM ALWAYS SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ANGRY”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“the workshop carrys the game HARD it would be like a 5/10 without the workshop 8/10”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
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Hey everyone! The Paint The Town Red VR Giveaway has ended and we picked the three lucky winners who received their free key! Thank you everyone for participating, and don't worry! There will be more
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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.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Gore · Blood · Action · Violent · Multiplayer · Fighting · First-Person · Physics · Rogue-like · Beat 'em up · Funny · Voxel (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · VR Supported |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://southeastgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or later Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2 GHz (or AMD equivalent) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4 GPU with 1024MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: If you are on or around the min spec then you may need to run with Low graphics options and at a lower resolution.