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The Culling

The Culling

Battle Royale is back! In a remote island paradise, 16 contestants have 25 minutes to explore, scavenge items, craft weapons, build traps, hunt and kill each other. Only one will be crowned the winner, do you have the guts to survive?

Released Oct 5, 2017 Developer Xaviant Publisher Xaviant Games Platforms Windows · Linux SurvivalMultiplayerActionBattle RoyaleFirst-Person
View on Steam ↗ Free (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.

57.3%positive17,397 reviews
Recommended · 23 found this helpful

“a blur in history that will not be forgotten. rest now little culling. 2016 a time to be alive... i played this piece of a$$ for 177 hrs. n boy it would've been more if they didn't off themselves. fun game sad death 6.7/10”

— a player, Steam review · 177 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“was a great game, too bad this snowflake culture of gamers had to ruin it, had nothing to do with the developers. Just a bunch of a whiny, entitled gamers that had to ruin it.”

— a player, Steam review · 161 hrs played
Not recommended · 14 found this helpful

“God I miss this game... more and more as the days go by.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 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 2026-07-25.

20achievements
1.9%median completion
0.8%rarest: Survivalist
26.0% of players 8.4% of players 6.2% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 26.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
26.0%Ropes — Complete the Tutorial
8.4%Loner — Play an online Solo Match
6.2%Mates — Play an online Team Match
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Survivalist — Complete the Basic Survival Mode
0.8%Oldtimer — Reach 20 hours of time alive in Online Matches
0.8%Mandroid — Reach 50 Mandroids defeated in Advanced Survival Mode

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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

Oct 24, 2018
Patch Notes: Bot Stuff

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11801602/03de5f706e7195f6b0b6bc1652184d3857738f82.png Greetings contestants! Last time we spoke we were beginning what we thought was

Oct 03, 2018
Dev Diary: Mapquest

Greetings contestants! The air is crisp, the leaves are beginning to change, pumpkin spice is in our lattes, fall is officially upon us.Though the clocks are soon to be moving back, this change in sea

Sep 25, 2018
Dev Diary: Mini Stagger and Showdown and Early Closure

Greetings Contestants! It’s been a very busy week here at studio Xav. We’re having a blast with Origins and we’re proud to say that many of you have reached out to share that you feel the same way. We

Sep 20, 2018
Patch Preview - Scheduled for September 21, 2018

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/11801602/03de5f706e7195f6b0b6bc1652184d3857738f82.png Greetings contestants! As we close in on a week of The Culling being free-to-pl

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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.

GenresAction, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsSurvival · Multiplayer · Action · Battle Royale · First-Person · Crafting · Early Access · Open World · PvP · Gore · Co-op · FPS (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · Co-op · Full controller support · Remote Play on TV
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Estimated owners1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.theculling.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: 64-Bit OS Required: Win7 SP1, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3 560 / AMD Phenom2 X4 945 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX11 GPU with 1GB VRAM: NVidia GTX 460/ AMD Radeon 5850 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 8 GB available space