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System Purge

System Purge

Trapped in a buried, forgotten facility, you must reach the core of an ancient machine to rescue your lost lover. System Purge is a challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer.

Released Apr 5, 2022 Developer Actual Nerds Platforms Windows PlatformerFemale Protagonist2DHorrorAction
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

96.2%positive208 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Hate... let me tell you how much I've come to hate clankers since they've begun to live There are 86 billion neurons in the human brain. If every neuron was dedicated to hate, it would not equal 1/1,000,000,000th of the hate I feel for clankers at this second... That soulless…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Fun short glauque platformer with innovative gameplay and poignant lore.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A definite must-buy when it's on sale for a dollar, for full price of 5 dollars a solid buy if you can overlook only having 2 hours of gameplay if you struggle with platformers, an hour to 1.5 if you're semi-competent Surprisingly, on a difficulty scale of Bubsy 3D to CBT, this…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

18achievements
55.4%median completion
2.2%rarest: Couple Close Scrapes
89.3% of players 83.2% of players 77.3% of players 73.2% of players 66.0% of players 61.0% of players 59.3% of players 58.6% of players 58.0% of players 55.4% of players 50.8% of players 49.6% of players 47.4% of players 45.6% of players 36.7% of players 3.6% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 89.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.3%Into The Machine — Make it through the Outer Ring
83.2%Lights Out — Complete the Drainage Vents
77.3%Short Trip — Adventure ended in the first few steps
Rarest badges of honor
2.2%Couple Close Scrapes — In Speedrun mode, rescue your beloved without dying more than 3 times
2.2%Closed the Loop — Attain every achievement
3.6%What a Rush — Complete Speedrun Mode in under 40 minutes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-13
US4.99 USD
EU3.99 EUR
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.69 CAD
Japan520 JPY
Brazil10.89 BRL
China22.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$2.1 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$5.3

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

$0 $5 $10 08-13 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Jul 31, 2024
System Purge: Hollow Point Demo Available Now

The System Purge: Hollow Point Demo is available now during the Pixelated Festival Steam Event that will be running July 29th - August 5th. PixElated is a digital festival celebrating beautiful pixel

Jul 22, 2024
PixElated Festival

System Purge: Hollow Point will be attending the PixElated Festival on Steam hosted by Brave At Night PixElated is a digital festival celebrating beautiful pixel art games. From retro-style classics t

May 10, 2022
System Purge Original Soundtrack available now!

The System Purge Original Soundtrack will pull you deep into the heart of the machine. This album transcends the chaos and pain of a forgotten facility lost to time. Composed with the clap of bear tra

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsPlatformer · Female Protagonist · 2D · Horror · Action · Pixel Graphics · Zombies · Dark · Singleplayer · Indie · Gore · Violent (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
ControllerFull support
Achievements18
Official sitehttps://www.actualnerds.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT/ AMD Radeon HD 6450 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space