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VLADiK BRUTAL
Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Immersive and visceral, with really satisfying combat. The level design provides enough variation for the game to stay interesting until the end, the weapons feel meaty, and while the infected are dumb as rocks for the…”
“Simple and brought me back to older game design and half life like memories. Well worth it.”
“Having fun immediately. It's a nice linear SP shooter, tense action, great post processing effects to make up for a one man operation and low poly textures. Satisfying fights. No AAA slop, just quality fun at a low…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Having fun immediately. It's a nice linear SP shooter, tense action, great post processing effects to make up for a one man operation and low poly textures. Satisfying fights. No AAA slop, just quality fun at a low…”
“I have not finished Vladik Brutal yet, but in the 5 hours I have binge played this game it has been incredible. The experience of this game has 100% felt like a brutal Russian Half-Life 2 and I am all for it, the gore…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Immersive and visceral, with really satisfying combat. The level design provides enough variation for the game to stay interesting until the end, the weapons feel meaty, and while the infected are dumb as rocks for the…”
“Simple and brought me back to older game design and half life like memories. Well worth it.”
“Having fun immediately. It's a nice linear SP shooter, tense action, great post processing effects to make up for a one man operation and low poly textures. Satisfying fights. No AAA slop, just quality fun at a low…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For a one person game I had alot of fun. Has Half Life 2 aspects in that you get a crowbar and can smash boxes and enimies. Played for over 17.7 hours with only a occansional crash otherwise games runs fine. For me I…”
“Back to basics fps. Great fun. Finished in 50 hrs.”
“Very surprised by the quality and length of the game. Punchy guns, intuitive gameplay, fun enemies, great setting and look, and a fun story. What's not to love?”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very good game that i didnt expect it for that budget and it was created by 1 person.The story however is average but the rest is excelent.Excelent sound effects and music.I recomment it because it was created with love!”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“To be clear, this is NOT a good game. the AI is frankly terrible, the cut scenes amateurish, the levels basic. And yet for all its problems it FEELS like a game from someone trying to make something good but didn't have…”
“Immersive and visceral, with really satisfying combat. The level design provides enough variation for the game to stay interesting until the end, the weapons feel meaty, and while the infected are dumb as rocks for the…”
“not my cup of tea. the game feels like it was trying to turn half life into a horde shooter, and it doesn't work. the bosses are way to easy to cheese, and the ai is just terrible. it does not matter what sort of enemy…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“To be clear, this is NOT a good game. the AI is frankly terrible, the cut scenes amateurish, the levels basic. And yet for all its problems it FEELS like a game from someone trying to make something good but didn't have…”
“I have not finished Vladik Brutal yet, but in the 5 hours I have binge played this game it has been incredible. The experience of this game has 100% felt like a brutal Russian Half-Life 2 and I am all for it, the gore…”
“I didn't like it! This is one of those times where I feel the solo dev needed a lot more people around them in order to polish up the game to a proper level. I hope they can take criticism unlike the hacks who made…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“not my cup of tea. the game feels like it was trying to turn half life into a horde shooter, and it doesn't work. the bosses are way to easy to cheese, and the ai is just terrible. it does not matter what sort of enemy…”
“I didn't like it! This is one of those times where I feel the solo dev needed a lot more people around them in order to polish up the game to a proper level. I hope they can take criticism unlike the hacks who made…”
“Solid game, it has a very good soundtrack, feels a lot like hl2 despite not being on the source engine, and overall pretty enjoyable. Some critiques I have are weak story, reusing some plot points from hl1 and 2, some…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Vladik Brutal is a inspiration from half life 2, And it's a very Unique perspective on a resonance cascade. The music is great in this game and the visuals are also very nice, Each gun has its own special thing between…”
“Sadly I cannot recommend this game due to game breaking crashes. When you get to map 11 and get the car keys and use the car anytime you move on to the next map you crash. No matter what you do it crashes. I enabled…”
“What we all need, definitely reminds me of HL2 in the best ways, reminds me a lot of Sin Episodes in terms of brutality and speed. Sin Episodes, while faulty, had amazing feel, and the gore was excellent. IF I had to…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Vladik Brutal is a inspiration from half life 2, And it's a very Unique perspective on a resonance cascade. The music is great in this game and the visuals are also very nice, Each gun has its own special thing between…”
“A good, short, linear, FPS game that has an entertaining story. They say it’s like a soviet Half-Life but honestly, I had more of a Metro 2033 feel about this game’s atmosphere and gameplay. It took me close to 10 hours…”
“"Vladik" can be described as a mix of Half Life 1/2 and Metro 2033. It borrows not only a lot of gameplay aspects from these two titles but also tries to create the atmosphere known from these titles. Shooting has a…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This is the kind of game where you look back to the price before making a review. Well, I can confirm - it's (very) good value for money, even full price. Is it perfect? No. It's not even always good. In fact it has every bit of the flaws you'd expect from a solo A game dev…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Basically the Russian version of Half-Life fast, chaotic, and brutal. The combat is intense, the enemies relentless, and the atmospheric world hits just right. It’s rough around the edges, but that old-school FPS charm makes it a wild, adrenaline-fueled ride.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Nomination of the game “Sit Back and Relax Award”.
Guys, help, we obviously won't make it to the game of the year, but we can try to get at least one nomination “Sit Back and Relax Award”. Also waiting for a major global patch, I'm sure you'll like it
Mini-fix 1.0.3.7
Mini-fix -Fixed a bug with sound slowing down when opening inventory. -Removed asynchronous acceleration of loading new locations (There were errors on weak devices with HDD).
Update 1.0.3.3
Bug fixes: - Inverting works on gamepad and when driving in a car - Fixed minor bugs and issues - Fixed incorrect display of directx in game settings Innovations: - Added hit markers to the UI - Added
Small update 1.0.2.3
Small update 1.0.2.3 Bug fixes: - Object destruction is more optimized on weak devices - New startup options (-dx11 -ngxdisable) added to Steam for weak devices and black screen issues - Optimized hea
First patch
Here comes the first patch 1.0.1.0. Corrected errors: - If you jump into the fire, the cat scene on map 4 starts (Fixed) - Fixed names in the credits - Jump up, open inventory, quickly press crouch bu
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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.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | FPS · Shooter · First-Person · Action · Dystopian · Adventure · Realistic · Casual · Puzzle · Action-Adventure · Stealth · Experimental (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · HDR available |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Russian * , French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Official site | https://vk.com/brutal_software |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10/11 Processor: Quad-Core Intel or AMD, 1.5 GHz or faster Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers Additional Notes: It is advisable to use ssd